Aviva Investors warns it will divest from climate laggards
Aviva Investors has warned that it will fully divest from companies that fail to decarbonise in alignment with net-zero climate science and will issue a new programme that engages with carbon-intensive companies to meet climate goals.
Companies from the oil and gas, metals, mining and utilities sectors will all be subjected to the programme and will be required to set science-based targets
Aviva investors will require companies it invests in to deliver net-zero across all three scopes by 2050 while also creating transition roadmaps that set out intermediate steps to decarbonise.
A programme will be issued by the investors, which will run for between one and three years based on corporate progress. Aviva has warned that non-responsive businesses or those that do not comply quickly enough will be ‘escalated’, with divestment a possibility. Aviva states that divestments will apply across both equity and debt exposures
Opportunistic Publishers Price Gouge Remote Learning Students On eBooks During Pandemic
Academic textbooks must be one of the biggest shams out there, as math and science do not change enough to warrant a new edition of a book multiple times under ten-year spans. With the advent of eBooks, creating new editions of books became even easier as they did not require printing. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic, publishers are increasing the prices of eBooks for reasons unknown.
Across the pond, librarians and students at U.K. universities have been experiencing outrageous eBook prices this term, and it scarily appears that is becoming the norm. Now more than ever, students need easy, and low-cost access to books as the pandemic rages on, yet school continues in a modified remote-learning fashion. Though this should be common knowledge, one company, McGraw Hill, was used as an example for ebooks insane pricing. The cost for libraries to get one copy of “Fundamentals of Corporate Financ
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THE locations of mobile testing units in Gloucestershire for the next 11 days have been announced. Anyone with symptoms of Covid-19 can have a test. These must be booked in advance and you should not turn up to one of the locations without booking. To book a test or for more information on testing, go to the NHS website or call 119. See below for the list of locations. Dates are subject to change and the Gloucestershire County Council website should be checked for changes. Dursley When: Thursday 28 Jan; Friday 29 Jan & Tuesday 2 Feb Stroud When: Thursday 4 Feb & Friday 5 Feb Cirencester When: Monday 1 Feb; Saturday 6 Feb & Sunday 7 Feb
THE locations of mobile testing units in Gloucestershire for the next 11 days have been announced. Anyone with symptoms of Covid-19 can have a test. These must be booked in advance and you should not turn up to one of the locations without booking. To book a test or for more information on testing, go to the NHS website or call 119. See below for the list of locations. Dates are subject to change and the Gloucestershire County Council website should be checked for changes. Cirencester When: Monday 1 Feb; Saturday 6 Feb & Sunday 7 Feb Stroud When: Thursday 4 Feb & Friday 5 Feb Dursley When: Thursday 28 Jan; Friday 29 Jan & Tuesday 2 Feb