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Impact investing’s case for scale

Impact investing’s case for scale

Impact investing has come a long way in the past two decades, going from a niche strategy to a $1.5 trillion industry, but there are still challenges for it to reach institutional scale due to the lack of products and insufficient evidence of outperformance in some parts of the market.

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Balancing act: Active management and sustainability

Since the dawn of sustainability investing, more than 15 years ago, the debate over the balancing act of active risk, tracking error and sustainability has persisted. This session looked the relationship and how various investors tackle the debate.

Investor climate panel: Net zero integration

What does it really mean to implement a net zero strategy? As more and more investors make pledges for net zero they are tasked with setting a strategy to achieve these goals.

Mandates need innovating to encompass sustainable investing

As carbon emissions continue to rise investors need to innovate on the nature of investment mandates says Colin le Duc, a founding partner of Generation Investment Management. He says real world impact is going in the wrong direction, even though sustainable investing is booming, and the credibility of transition plans is under scrutiny.   What

Effective stewardship

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.

Physical climate risks: Implications for investors

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.

Serafeim: ESG differentiation is an opportunity for companies to lead

There are four fundamental aspects of driving change inside organisations: measurement, analysis, strategy and communication. Many companies have made the mistake of starting from the fourth step, and reporting is driving strategy, says business author and Harvard Business School professor, George Serafeim.

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