Why the UK should restate its commitment to mandatory climate transition plans

Corporate climate plans are a critical tool that can help investors channel funding into companies delivering a net zero economy, writes UKSIF's Oscar Warwick Thompson. On ‘Finance Day' at the COP26 Climate Summit last year, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, set out proposals to introduce mandatory climate transition plans across the UK's economy. As outlined at the time, this would require both real economy companies and financial institutions to produce "robust", company-level plans setting out how they would decarbonise as the UK transitions towards a low-carbon economy. ...