Investegate |Prudential PLC Announcements | Prudential PLC: Prudential announces 'net zero' asset owner pledge
Prudential plc ("Prudential") today announces plans to decarbonise its portfolio of assets held on behalf of its insurance companies with a new goal of becoming "net zero" by 2050 1. The pledge is aligned to the Paris Agreement, which invites parties to commit to holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, recognising that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of clim...