Net- Zero Asset Owner Alliance and Partner Reports

Target Setting Protocol Third Edition
The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance's Target-Setting Protocol is a foundational document that created a framework for reporting and delivery on short-term climate targets. Since the launch of the Inaugural Target Setting Protocol, the document - and thus the expectations for ... Read More

Call to Action to Private Market Asset Managers
For asset managers in private markets to robustly represent their clients’ long-term interests, they should integrate climate change considerations across all their business activities, including investment decisions. Therefore, this call to action is meant to encourage all asset managers (and ... Read More

Development and Uptake of Net-Zero Aligned Benchmarks: A call to action for asset owners and index providers
Institutional investors steer large portions of their investment portfolios via benchmarks. However, given that net-zero-aligned benchmarks (which can be applied in a broad range of cases) do not currently exist, net-zero asset owners are operating with an incomplete toolbox. This ... Read More

Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance calls on policymakers to support scaling blended finance
Closing the climate investment gap in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) will take political will. The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance is calling on policymakers to support scaling blended finance, an instrument that can help address structural deterrence to investments ... Read More

Urgent call to companies and data providers for critical sector data
Sector specific data from companies in the real economy remains insufficient, unreliable, incomparable, or non-existent. As a result, investors are not able to fully steer investment portfolios in line with sector decarbonisation pathways or to set science-based targets at the ... Read More

The second progress report of the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance. Advancing delivery on decarbonisation targets.
The second-ever progress report of the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance shows consistent growth in membership, matched by the credibility of short-term decarbonisation targets. On the day of the report release, the Alliance counts 74 members, accounting for US$ 10.6 trillion ... Read More

Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance Position Paper on Governmental Carbon Pricing
In this paper, the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance calls on policymakers to implement ambitious and reliable carbon prices, to fulfil the Paris Agreement commitments. To ensure effective implementation of a carbon price policy instrument, the Alliance formulates a list of ... Read More

One Earth Climate Model: Sectoral Pathways to Net-Zero Emissions
Commissioned by the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance and the European Climate Foundation, the One Earth Climate Model (OECM) provides a much-needed roadmap for sectoral decarbonization. By clearly defining scope 3 emissions, while avoiding double-counting, the model and the latest ... Read More
Asset Owner Alliance Working Documents
- Non-commercial Climate Data Providers Overview
- Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance Renewed Call to Action to Asset Managers for Climate-focused Blended Finance Vehicles
- Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance response to the TCFD public consultation July 2021
- Public Consultation: Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance Target-Setting Protocol
- Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance-SBTi Finance Comparison Table
- Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance’s new tool for asset manager engagement on climate-related proxy voting
- Call for Digital Map for Climate Solutions – tender document
- Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance Climate Blended Finance Vehicles – Call to Action to Asset Managers (February 2021)
- Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance response to TCFD Consultation on “Forward-Looking Financial Metrics” (February 2021)
- Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance Call for Application – Scientific Advisory Body (January 2021)
- Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance open letter to companies in our portfolio holdings (December 2020)
- Methodological Principles: Consolidated feedback received via the ‘Call for Comment’
- Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance – Live Version 2.0 of Methodological Principles (November 2020)