Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Session videos

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Brace for impact

The current global context is testing the limits of the economic system built in the last century. This session looked at the need to accelerate the transition towards a more resilient and sustainable economy.

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Brace for impact

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Private and public asset execution

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Investors’ role in the transition to a low carbon economy

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Balancing act: Active management and sustainability

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Investor climate panel: Net zero integration

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Effective stewardship

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Physical climate risks: Implications for investors

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Infrastructure: Adding value through ESG

Articles

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

The value of reporting, measuring and enforcing DEI

Intentional and actionable work on DEI is required to bring the investment industry’s talent composition closer to the broader society it serves, experts say.

Ben HurleyOctober 27, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

ESG now needs to prove its worth, argues ESG champion and historian

Sustainable investment needs to be defended from external attack as questions are raised about how much change it is actually achieving argues David Wood, director of the Initiative for Responsible Investment at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Ben HurleyOctober 25, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

The fading American Dream in numbers, and what you can do about it

Race, gender, neighbourhood and social capital are among the key factors intersecting to determine how successful children are likely to be as adults, and big organisations can be part of the solution, argues renowned economist Raj Chetty.

Ben HurleyOctober 20, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

CPP Investments: A pathway agnostic approach to net zero

In a fireside chat at Conexus Financial’s Sustainability in Practice forum, CPP Investments' managing director Derek Walker discussed incorporating climate risk into a total portfolio approach, and making a “pathway agnostic” commitment to net zero carbon emissions.

Ben HurleyOctober 12, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

ESG data will always be imperfect, despite its critical role

Professor Roberto Rigobon and Mass PRIM's Michael Trotsky explore the complexities of accurate data in ESG investment. Abandoning ESG due to imperfect data would be like abandoning the judicial system for the same reason, argues Rigobon the author of the controversial ‘Aggregate Confusion’ paper.

Ben HurleyOctober 10, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

Investors can help prevent “race to the bottom” on labour conditions

Sick leave and paid parental leave, credible efforts to document pay equity, violations of collective bargaining laws, and employee mobility are some of the metrics asset owners can use to assess the labour practices of companies in which they invest, says labour lawyer Sharon Block.

Ben HurleyOctober 7, 2022

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