Leading investor group toughens stance on new upstream oil and gas projects
(Reuters) - The Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) said on Wednesday it expects members to make no new direct investments in upstream oil and gas infrastructure projects for new fields, as part of efforts to rein in global warming.
The group, whose members control $11 T in assets, said the requirements are its most stringent yet and reflect a scientific consensus that plans to transition the global economy away from fossil fuels must accelerate.
The requirements form part of a position paper laying out expectations for members, companies, investors and policymakers on everything from stewardship to carbon pricing, providing a roadmap for the global economy to wean itself off oil and gas.
The Alliance is also calling on companies in the oil and gas sector, as well companies that use the fuels, to set science-based targets to reduce their carbon emissions and to implement transition plans, as the world strives to limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
The targets should cover not only a company's direct emissions, such as a diesel generator on an offshore platform, but also those related to its own energy use and those related to its customers' use of its products.
The world's top oil and gas companies have so far set varying targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their operations and the use of the products they sell.
"What the paper is really doing is not placing the blame on one stakeholder but pointing to the whole ecosystem and all the actors that need to be moving in parallel in order to raise ambition and get us on track for 1.5 degrees," said Patrick Peura, ESG engagement manager, Allianz Investment Management and co-lead of the Alliance engagement track.
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