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.
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Investors coalesce around biodiversity to halt loss
Investors are coming together to push investee companies to act on biodiversity in the same way that they have collaborated to put pressure on the biggest polluters to reduce their emissions.
ISSB promises to ease the sustainability reporting burden
The burden of sustainability reporting was a cause of consternation amongst investors gathered at Sustainability in Practice at Cambridge University, but new standards promise to streamline the process.
CalSTRS factors in net zero implications
CalSTRS is putting in place building bricks to meet its 2050 net zero pledge in a process that underscores the complexity and size of the task in hand.
Active engagement needs research, cadence and materiality
Investor engagement and stewardship programmes seek to change corporate behaviour, reduce risk and shape positive real world impacts. But experts notice that to be most effective investors need to ensure they are seeking to change the most material and important issues.
The challenge of investing sustainably in sovereign debt markets
Investors speaking at Sustainability in Practice reflect on the challenges of sustainable investment in the trillion-dollar sovereign debt market: engagement, choosing what to measure and the impact of elections on policy to name a few.
Sustainability Cambridge - April 2022