This conversation explored how global institutional investors are approaching the challenge of balancing financial and impact goals. As co-CIO for sustainability at Bridgewater, former CEO of ATP and current board advisor to GIC and Novo Holdings, Carsten Stendevad brings a broad range of perspectives from both the asset owner and alternative asset manager perspective. He shared insights garnered from his experience building sustainability assessment capabilities to identify current and future sustainability leaders, and engineering strategic and tactical portfolios designed to deliver strong financial and impact results.
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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.
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