탄소중립 달성을 위해 탄소세를 부과하면 2040년까지 국내 생산자물가를 연평균 0.4%p씩 밀어올릴 것이라는 분석이 나왔다.또한 2050년 탄소중립을 효율적으로 달성하려면 신재생에너지 발전비중을 60% 이상으로 확대해야 하고, 신재생에너지 발전량이 적정 수준의 75% 수준에 그치면 탄소세 부과에 따른 생산자물가 상승률이 연평균 1%p까지 추가 상승할 것으로 추정됐다.박신애 상명대학교 경제학과 박사과정생은 한국은행 경제연구원이 31일 발간한 경제분석 저널에 실린 ‘기후변화 대응을 위한 산업별 탄소저감비용 추정 및 영향 분석’이라는 제목의 논문에서 이같이 밝혔다. 주상영 건국대학교...

Europe’s Banks Are “In Debt to the Planet”Europe’s 25 largest banks are not doing enough to address the dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, according to a new report. Despite committing to net-zero by 2050, many banks’ strategies are inadequate, with gaps in policy implementation, transparency, and ambition.“Banks are exposed to biodiversity risks but are also driving them,” the report warns.Findings at a GlanceClimate Targets Lack TeethWhile all surveyed banks committed to net-zero by 2050, only six have interim targets to cut emissions. Most targets focus on intensity rather than absolute reductions, with limited coverage of critical sectors like agriculture and chemicals.“Only one bank published a target for agriculture, and no bank h...

The Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) announced the publication of its finalized Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDSs), largely aligned with the global standards released by the IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), but adding more time for companies to prepare for some key elements of reporting, such as on value chain GHG emissions, compared to the ISSB standards.The release of the new standards marks a significant step in the multi-year process towards establishing a new sustainability reporting system in Canada, beginning in 2021, with a directive from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to cabinet ministers to move towards a system of reporting based on the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)...

The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee took aim at a group of US asset managers over their involvement with a “woke ESG cartel” — adding pressure against environmental efforts by large investors.The committee, chaired by Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, sent letters to 60 firms — including BlackRock, State Street and JPMorgan Asset Management  — that are members of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, or NZAM, an international group of investors that signed on to a pledge to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.The letters, sent Friday, made claims in line with a committee report released on Dec. 13 that Republicans say showed fund firms colluded to cut emissions.

글로벌 지속가능투자 연합(GSIA)에 따르면 지난 2022년 글로벌 ESG 자산은 30조 달러이며, 2030년엔 40조 달러를 넘어설 것으로 예상된다. 최근 일부 매체가 2022년 글로벌 ESG 자산이 20% 감소한 것을 토대로 회의적인 전망을 내놨다. 하지만 이 감소 수치는 '그린 워싱'(Green washing) 행위가 적발된 투자를 제외하면서 비롯된 것일 뿐이다. 그린 워싱이란 특정 기업이 실제로는 환경에 악영향을 끼치는 제품을 생산하면서도 광고 등을 통해 친환경적인 이미지만 내세우는 행위를 말한다. GSIA는 오히려 "글로벌 투자자의 85%가량이 ESG 운용 자산을 늘릴 계획"이라고 전망했다.ESG는 환경, 사회, 지배구조라는 방대한 범위...