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.
This panel looked at effective stewardship practices and explored collaboration and targeted campaigns. Through case studies this session examined the next generation strategies and tools for effective investor engagement and what frontier topics investors should be considering.
This session examined research from the Woodwell Climate Research Centre that assesses the socioeconomic risks associated with climate change and shows how societies and economies will cross critical thresholds and face new vulnerabilities over less time than the duration of a typical mortgage.
Infrastructure investments face many and complex challenges including sustainability. This session looked at specific case studies of ESG in legacy infrastructure as well as the investor priorities with regards to green energy infrastructure.
A Chinese proverb says “women hold up half the sky” and, while Australia may have been among one of the first nations to implement universal suffrage, glass ceilings can still be a hazard for professional women in this day and age. See what Future Fund chair David Gonski has to say on equal representation on super
Want to know what chairman of the Future Fund, David Gonski, thinks about governance? So did we, so we interviewed him. See how Gonski approaches his role as chairman of one of Australia’s largest funds in the second part of our Maverick Series video.
In the first of a new series of video interviews featuring thought leaders in global institutional investment, chair of the $80 billion Australian Future Fund, David Gonski, outlines his views on governance.
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Sustainability Harvard - September 2022