All Methane articles
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Policy reportInvestor Briefing: Independent Review of Net Zero
Chris Skidmore’s recently published Net Zero Review captures the transition to a net zero economy as a major pro-business and pro-investment opportunity. It offers policy recommendations centred around backing business, backing local action, delivering energy efficient homes, and using infrastructure to unlock net zero.
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Engagement guideEngaging oil and gas companies on climate: results of the PRI collaborative engagement
Between March 2018 and October 2020, the PRI coordinated a collaborative engagement on climate change transition for the oil and gas sector.
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Engagement guideEngaging on methane: results of the PRI collaborative engagement
Between 2017 and 2019, the PRI coordinated a collaborative engagement on methane with the oil and gas and utilities sectors.
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Blog postMethane momentum gathers pace in oil and gas sector
By Sean Allen, Manager, Environmental Issues, the PRI
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Technical guide
Implementing the TCFD recommendations for oil and gas methane disclosure: introduction
Investors broadly recognize climate change as a material risk and opportunity for their portfolios and expect company disclosure commensurate with that fact.
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Technical guide
Implementing the TCFD recommendations for oil and gas methane disclosure: focus on governance
Methane management is a key governance challenge for companies in the oil and gas sector.
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Technical guide
Implementing the TCFD recommendations for oil and gas methane disclosure: focus on strategy
Methane management is a key strategic challenge for oil and gas companies (See Table 1). Investors will read the strategy section of a TCFD report to understand how methane-related risks and opportunities impact its business, and how met hane mitigation is integrated into the company’s shortand long-term strategies.
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Technical guide
Implementing the TCFD recommendations for oil and gas methane disclosure: focus on risk management
The risk management section of the TCFD focuses on the processes a company has in place to ident ify, assess, prioritize and mitigate climate-related risks.
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Technical guide
Implementing the TCFD recommendations for oil and gas methane disclosure: focus on metrics and targets
The last part of the TCFD’s four-part framework focuses on the metrics and targets companies use to assess and manage material climate-related risks and opportunities.
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Technical guide
Implementing the TCFD recommendations for oil and gas methane disclosure: illustrative implementation
The table below is an il lustrative roadmap of implementation phases for the previous recommendations. The outline is a suggestion, with recognition that each company is on an ind ividual disclosure journey, with varying levels of existing reporting and resources. Adapted from TCFD Secretariat presentation “Beginning the Journey” March 2018.
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Technical guide
Implementing the TCFD recommendations for oil and gas methane disclosure: summary
The mission of the TCFD is to “help companies understand what financial markets want from disclosure in order to measure and respond to climate change risks and encourage firms to align their disclosure with investor needs.”
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News and press
PRI tackles threat of methane emissions with collaborative engagement
To encourage energy and utility companies to improve their management and disclosure of methane emissions, the PRI has launched a new global collaborative engagement, with 36 investors from 11 countries representing US$4.2 trillion in assets under management.
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Engagement guide
Methane: A key frontier for investor engagement
Investors in the oil and gas industry face a number of material risks from emissions of methane which require heightened scrutiny to assess operator performance and risk management, as well as to improve disclosure from companies.
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Engagement guide
Reducing company methane emissions
Methane emissions reductions can be cost-effective, with industry leadership including supporting public policy.
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Engagement guide
Taking action on methane disclosure resolutions
How investors can take action on methane disclosure resolutions, including intitial questions for engagement and follow-up questions.
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Engagement guide
What to look for in an inventory of methane emissions
An overview of what investors should look for in an inventory of methane emissions, including initial and follow-up questions.
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Engagement guideAn investor's guide to methane: Engaging with oil and gas companies to manage a rising risk
Methane, the primary component of natural gas, is a climate pollutant 84 times more powerful than carbon dioxide (CO2) over a 20-year period, and it is responsible for 25% of the global warming we are experiencing today.
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PodcastMethane in the oil and gas sector
Sean Wright (Environmental Defense Fund) and Matthias Beer (BMO GAM) join the PRI’s Gemma James to discuss why methane emissions are a material issue for investors in the context of climate change. This coincides with the launch of a new investor guide to methane on how to manage the risks ...
