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...Speaking at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston yesterday, Saudi Aramco chief executive Amin Nasser said the energy transition was “visibly failing on most fronts”, according to S&P....
...Three-quarters of S&P 500 companies have disclosed that ESG metrics contributed to executives’ pay in 2023, up from two-thirds of companies in 2021....
...But he gives Dalton a wry reticence far more engaging than 1989’s cod-spiritual beefcake....
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...Global production of lower-carbon jet fuel is expected to double this year, according to S&P. Europe accounts for about 50 per cent of global SAF production....
...But Cathay’s results were “characterised by a notable surge in travel demand”, said chair Patrick Healy, in comments reflecting on the end of the pandemic’s influence on consumers’ ability and willingness...
...But several advisers cautioned that it would be too soon to say a victory would unleash a wave of similar campaigns, citing Engine No. 1’s success at Exxon....
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...[Drahi]’s basically admitted that everything’s for sale, but you have all of this distressed debt that’s going to mature or go into default if it has covenants.”...
...The CDP (a non-profit formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project) said last year that 400 companies from the S&P 500 had disclosed data on their climate response in 2021....
...In 2021, S&P started publishing numbered scores from 1 to 5 for the three E, S and G categories as part of corporate credit scores....
...This year’s hurricane season has been “benign”, says Charles-Marie Delpuech, an associate director at S&P. “We did not really have a major hurricane this season,” he observes....
...The U-turn puts S&P at odds with debt rating rival Moody’s, which still rates ESG criteria on a one to five scale. S&P is influential, with debt ratings that can affect a company’s borrowing cost....
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