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AB: ESG in Action - The Human Touch in Interpreting Climate Scenario Analysis

3BL Media

The evolving climate drives physical risks—damaged or stranded assets and business-interruption costs from severe weather events. For example, one provider calculates a company’s physical risk based solely on its headquarters location, despite its global supply chain stretching across far-flung manufacturing locations.

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Breaking Down Responsible Investment

Sense and Sustainability

indigenous populations), as well as working conditions throughout the supply chain (e.g. Risk is a central element in the decision to factor ESG principles into investing, as it can reduce future losses related to stranded assets. Originally published by S&S on November 20, 2018. Image courtesy of Flickr.

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Is the IMO Turning the Tide on Transition?

Chris Hall

It is in many ways a starting point for the work that needs to intensify even more over the years and decades ahead of us.” The IMO’s previous 2018 target was to halve the shipping sector’s annual CO2 emissions by 2050. Some companies will start acting and some won’t; there’s more risk of stranded assets.” What role should investors play?

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ESG Explainer: Electrifying Africa

Chris Hall

Around 20% of the electricity generated in Africa was from renewable sources in 2018. . Given the diversity described above, it’s no surprise that many already see financing opportunity across the continent and its energy sector’s supply chain, as it embarks on its green transition. . This represents quite a shift.

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COP26 Live Blog: All in for 1.5ºC

We Mean Business Coalition

The Global Resilience Index launched today, will help improve the way insurers, financiers and investors measure the resilience of countries, companies and supply chains. It makes no long-term sense to continue pumping money into an asset that is already destined to eventually have no value — a stranded asset.

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