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Investing in the age of climate transitions: The case for universal disclosure of Paris alignment by investment funds

11 April 2021

28 April 2021 – Understanding the climate performance of investment funds should be made simple to all investors. Lucy Auden, Senior Programme Manager for the Investment Leaders Group (ILG), analyses the current approaches to measuring fund climate performance and makes the case for a universal disclosure of Paris alignment. This analysis will be followed by a report in summer 2021 which proposes a disclosure methodology and explores the underpinning science, methods of emissions projection, and distribution of carbon budgets used by current approaches.

The case for responsible investment

13 September 2016

The case for responsible investment Will Oulton, Global Head of RI, First State Investments; Chair of the Investment Leaders Group Working Group 16 September 2016 The case for responsible investment is proven. The intellectual arguments for incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG)...

Quo vadis, impact?

3 June 2016

Quo vadis, impact? Manuel Lewin, Head of Responsible Investment at Zurich Insurance Company Ltd, a member of the Investment Leaders Group, explains why he thinks it's worth measuring impact for everything. 7 June 2016 500,000 tons of CO 2 , or the equivalent of 1.2 billion miles (50,000 around-the-...

Climate change sentiment – a risk to investment portfolios in the short term

19 January 2016

Climate change sentiment – a risk to investment portfolios in the short term In an article for Business Green, Dr Jake Reynolds, Director of Sustainable Economy at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, explores the case for stress-testing investments against shifting climate change...

Why we should stop talking about 'human capital'

14 January 2016

Why we should stop talking about 'human capital' In this article, Carlos Joly, Fellow at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, suggests that the business claim that 'people are our greatest assets' is misleading and argues that 'human capital' is an oxymoron. 14 January 2016 The...

Unhedgeable risk: How climate change sentiment impacts investment

9 November 2015

Unhedgeable risk: How climate change sentiment impacts investment Dr Jake Reynolds, Director, Sustainable Economy 12 November 2015 In an article for ESG Magazine, Dr Jake Reynolds explains why financial markets are not immune to the impacts of climate change in the short term. Climate change poses...

Feeding the planet: a mission for responsible investors

8 May 2015

Feeding the planet: a mission for responsible investors Guest blog from Mathilde Dufour, Deputy Head of Responsible Investment Research at Mirova 12 May 2015 'Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life' is the theme of the Universal Exhibition, Expo Milano 2015. From now until October, governments...

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