Two decades after financial reporting went through a seismic shift with the agreement of international accounting standards, a similar effort is under way to agree global standards for measuring sustainability.
Sustainability Digital – Sept 2021
Measuring what matters
Sustainability Digital – Sept 2021
America’s net zero opportunity
Research from Princeton University plots a Blueprint for how the US can achieve net zero emissions in the next decade showing the key is overcoming execution challenges including the infrastructure deployment and the mobilisation of capital and labour.
Sarah RundellSeptember 24, 2021
Sustainability Digital – Sept 2021
Poor disclosure is now a systemic risk
Poor corporate sustainability disclosure and the absence of global standards is now a systemic risk for investors, said panellists at Sustainability in Practice which included chief governance and compliance officer at Norges Bank, Carine Smith Ihencho.
Sarah RundellSeptember 23, 2021
Sustainability Digital – Sept 2021
ESG needs better data, better ratings and better products
Mass PRIM is involved in an MIT initiative to improve ESG with better data, ratings and ultimately products. Executive director and CIO, Michael Trotsky, explains how the ambiguity around ESG ratings creates acute challenges for investors trying to achieve both financial and social return.
Sarah RundellSeptember 23, 2021
Sustainability Digital – Sept 2021
Renewable portfolios outperform fossil fuels
A joint report by the International Energy Agency and the Centre for Climate Finance & Investment at Imperial College examines the risk and return proposition in energy transitions. Across all portfolios examined, renewable power generated higher total returns relative to fossil fuel.
Sarah RundellSeptember 17, 2021
Sustainability Digital – Sept 2021
How AP4 integrates sustainability in alternatives
AP4’s head of alternatives Jenny Askfelt Ruud discusses how the pension fund integrates sustainability in its alternatives portfolio which includes avoiding investments in some sectors in line with its decarbonisation strategy and investing in sustainability themes by finding companies that are driving the transition with new technologies and services.
Sarah RundellSeptember 17, 2021
Sustainability Digital – Sept 2021
The challenge of scenario analysis
Scenario analysis shows that the ability of pension funds to pay their pensions will be severely impacted by climate. But a discussion between asset owners at Sustainability in Practice revealed the challenges in the process.
Sarah RundellSeptember 17, 2021
Sustainability Digital – Sept 2021
Robeco eyes policy response
Policy makers response is the next pivotal step in sustainable investmen according to Victor Verberk, CIO fixed income and sustainability at Robeco. He predicts that policy makers reaction will appear via taxes or import tariffs with a “devastating impact” on companies that will create winners and losers.
Sarah RundellSeptember 16, 2021
