For millennia the earth has floated in a temperature zone set just right for human civilisation to settle down in ever-increasing degrees of comfort. But if an overly relaxed world has since slept through a series of environmental alarms, the coronavirus crisis may well be the wake-up call it needs to avert the worst climate change bear scenarios.
Read The Goldilocks crisis: why we must use covid-19 to wake up to climate change here.
One of the most important, upcoming challenges at CalSTRS is how the fund should evaluate Chinese investments from a human capital and environmental standpoint, says Chris Ailman, chief investment officer at the giant pension fund.
This report provides a high-level framework for any investors looking to shape real-world outcomes in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
For the economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis to be durable and resilient, a return to ‘business as usual’ and environmentally destructive investment patterns and activities must be avoided.
This report identifies indicative policy options, which PRI will root in our ESG and climate programmes.
Following the PRI’s The SDG investment case – which laid out why the SDGs are relevant to investors this report takes the next steps by outlining a prospective framework for action.
APG Responsible Investment report 2019
Federated Hermes Nick Spooner explores how climate breakdown will exacerbate infectious diseases, and the steps that companies, investors and governments need to take to mitigate the impacts of the climate crisis and future pandemics.
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