TCFD warns of disclosure issues despite global success

The taskforce analyses findings from its latest status report

Hope William-Smith
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Half of surveyed companies are now disclosing their climate-related risks and opportunities.
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Half of surveyed companies are now disclosing their climate-related risks and opportunities.

Adoption of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure’s (TCFD) recommendations has grown nine percentage points from 2019 to 2020 with more than 50% of companies now disclosing their climate-related risks and opportunities.

The TCFD's 2021 Status Report - published today (14 October) - reviewed 1,650 companies' reports from 69 countries and jurisdictions in eight industries. It noted that the acceleration in the ta...

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