Water risk is real, experts warn
The seven-year drought plaguing the state with the world’s fifth-largest economy highlights supply-chain issues and other concerns that investors need to take seriously.
The seven-year drought plaguing the state with the world’s fifth-largest economy highlights supply-chain issues and other concerns that investors need to take seriously.
Investors said the move away from the carbon economy in response to climate change was definitely coming and would be difficult. They shared some of the ways they’re getting ready.
Leading investors are moving forward on climate change by pouring funds into sustainable investments and applying energy-saving strategies to assets already in their portfolios.
Former US vice-president Al Gore described the worsening effects of climate change but found hope in the efforts of many governments and the increasing prominence of renewables in the economy.
As the 2018 PRI in Person conference begins, the prospect of recovering fossil fuel prices adds urgency to the organisation’s efforts to expand – and to keep current members on task.
It’s been said the “public market is quickly becoming a holding pen for massive sleepy corporations”. This has investors taking more late-stage stakes in private companies as perceived risks ebb.