Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance and Partner Reports
NZAOA Target-Setting Protocol Fifth Edition
Recent updates to the NZAOA Target-Setting Protocol introduces regional flexibility to adapt global targets to diverse local markets, reinforced incentivization for asset manager engagement, and updated KPIs to enhance target-setting and stewardship practices. Version 5 includes a quantitative investment target ... Read More
NZAOA 2025 Progress Report
In keeping with asset owners’ economic interests and responsibilities to generate long-term and dependable returns, NZAOA’s annual Progress Report shows that signatories have continued to engage with stakeholders, invest in climate solutions, and decarbonize their portfolios. NZAOA remains committed to ... Read More
Addressing Climate Impacts: An overview of NZAOA asset owners’ long-term interests and responsibilities
Managing climate risk is essential for generating dependable, long-term returns, placing it firmly within the purview of fiduciaries acting on behalf of their clients. Climate change presents system-level risks that cannot be diversified away, threatening the stability of entire financial ... Read More
How to Get to the Net? A discussion paper on carbon dioxide removal
Ten years after the 2015 Paris Agreement, decarbonization remains a cornerstone of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. However, decarbonization alone is insufficient. While reducing emissions is critical, the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) already exceeds acceptable levels, necessitating the ... Read More
Guidelines and Recommendations for Halting Deforestation
Deforestation puts investors with portfolio exposure to forest-linked commodities—such as cocoa, beef, soy and palm oil—at financial risk from regulatory, market, and reputation-related shifts. This is because deforestation poses systemic economic risks as the second-largest source of annual greenhouse gas ... Read More
Tackling Hidden Emissions for a Net-Zero Transition
Set on tackling the Scope 3 or 'hidden' emissions, the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance conducts an in-depth sectoral analysis to clearly outline obstacles to Scope 3 integration and to offer ways forward for a multitude of stakeholders. The challenges with ... Read More
Demonstrating 1.5°C-Aligned Decarbonisation: NZAOA’s fourth progress report
The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance's Progress Report presents transparently and credibly members' efforts to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. To track members’ progress, the Alliance publishes detailed aggregate data on members’ intermediate climate targets and implementation of ... Read More
Call to Action to Governments to Respond with Urgency on Systemic Climate Risk
This Call to Action is a reminder to policymakers to act decisively and urgently to manage systemic risk, by committing to and implementing, national policy reforms consistent with 1.5°C carbon budgets and development pathways. Alliance members have consistently demonstrated high ... Read More