Asset managers responsible for over $9 trillion of investments under management around the globe have pledged to support a goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner, in line with the Paris Accord target to limit Earthâs warming to 1.5°C.
The mostly non-U.S. signatories, announced Friday, also set interim targets for 2030, and will take account of portfolio Scope 1 and 2 emissions and, to the extent possible, material portfolio Scope 3 emissions, they said. Scope 1 emissions are the pollution directly released by a source; scope 2 covers power usage and scope 3 refers to the emissions of companies, in a supply chain, for instance, that the primary entity may not have direct control over.