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

3BL Media

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. Industry and company insights from fundamental investment research are needed to identify and account for these quirks and limitations.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: GRI Publishes New Coal Standard

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including GRI, Sustainalytics, ISS ESG, CDP, Diginex, Esgaia and Normative. .

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Decarbonising Investment Portfolios on the Journey to Net Zero

3BL Media

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. Clearly much more needs to be done to pivot towards more sustainable investment and lending practices.

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Investors’ Fight to Track Impact on Nature

Chris Hall

“Biodiversity in rural England is clearly not the same as a Brazilian biome, and [companies in each region] have vastly different potential risks and impacts,” notes Aela Cozic, Sustainable Investment Analyst and Portfolio Manager at UK-based investment manager Fidelity International.

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4 Sustainable Business Trends to watch in 2021

Carlos Sanchez

On the other hand, sustainability and climate change have never been so much in focus. In 2020, more than 9,600 companies disclosed their environmental impacts through the non-profit CDP platform. It represents a growth of 14% from last year and sets a record on the number of CDP environmental disclosures. Conclusions.

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Think Global, Act Local

Chris Hall

Management of nature-related risks, impacts and dependencies could soon become central to asset owners’ sustainable investment strategies. Although the finite carbon budget offers a compellingly clear focus for climate action, accurate measurement CO2 emissions across supply chains remains elusive.