Sarah Rundell, Author at Top1000funds.com

Sustainability Cambridge - April 2022

Sir David King: The role of technology in creating a manageable future

Net zero objectives are not enough according to Professor Sir David King, founder and chair, Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge University and UK government chief scientific advisor from 2000 to 2007 who urged investors to stop using fossil fuels which he says equates to borrowing from the future.

Sarah RundellMay 5, 2022

Sustainability Cambridge - April 2022

CPP drives new corporate framework for emission abatement

CPP Investments’ proposal for projecting the capacity of companies to abate greenhouse gas emissions can help corporate boards and executives better understand the least and most polluting elements of their business, and steer investor capital to industries with lower emissions, said Richard Manley, managing director, head of sustainable investing, CPP.

Sarah RundellMay 5, 2022

Sustainability Cambridge - April 2022

Net zero alignment: Assign portfolio managers strict carbon budgets

A new paper outlines how investors can align their portfolio to science-based carbon budgets consistent with 1.5 degrees of warming.

Sarah RundellMay 5, 2022

Sustainability Cambridge - April 2022

The transition from ESG to SDG

Asset owners reflect on the challenges of integrating the SDGs like problems aligning fiduciary duty to some of the targets of the 17 goals and the fact most of the capital going into the SDGs flows into listed companies in the global north.

Sarah RundellMay 2, 2022

Sustainability Cambridge - April 2022

Cambridge endowment talks inflation and divestment

Rising inflation will make it more challenging to meet the £4 billion Cambridge University Endowment Fund’s 5 per cent return hurdle, said Tilly Franklin, CIO, speaking at Sustainability in Practice. Franklin oversees a multi asset, diversified portfolio that is managed externally. The fund has significantly outperformed over the long term (10-year returns are 11 per […]

Sarah RundellMay 2, 2022

Sustainability Cambridge - April 2022

Testing the rhetoric: the three questions investors should ask companies

BA, Shell, and Arcelor Mittal have set 2050 net zero pledges but neither company is likely to meet them because they have no recourse to the renewable energy sources required.

Sarah RundellMay 2, 2022

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Sustainability Cambridge - April 2022

Sir David King: The role of technology in creating a manageable future

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CPP drives new corporate framework for emission abatement

Sustainability Cambridge - April 2022

Net zero alignment: Assign portfolio managers strict carbon budgets

Sustainability Cambridge - April 2022

The transition from ESG to SDG

Sustainability Cambridge - April 2022

Cambridge endowment talks inflation and divestment

Sustainability Cambridge - April 2022

Testing the rhetoric: the three questions investors should ask companies

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