While asset managers are in the business of growing their clients’ wealth, they’re also increasingly being asked to support climate goals. On paper these two objectives may appear at odds with one another, but in practice there’s plenty of overlap between them. Investing in climate opportunities can yield healthy financial returns and power the low-carbon […]
Role: Sustainable Investing
How herd behavior could imperil the low-carbon transition
Financial stability risks could arise if banks and investors all take the same route to decarbonize their portfolios “When the herd moves, it moves.” UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson used this phrase in his July 7 resignation speech to describe how political support flooded away from him in the wake of one too many scandals. It is also […]
Has the backlash against financed emissions begun?
Climate finance tastemakers are pushing for financial institutions to put real-economy emissions reductions at the heart of their net-zero strategies “Financed emissions” are no longer in vogue. Last year, they were all the rage. The Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), launched in April 2021, bounds its members together with a shared commitment to transition all the emissions […]
Lead with Climate: A Primer on ‘Climate, ESG, and the TCFD’
A more detailed version of this blog can be found here. Today’s investors have to understand how businesses are impacted by Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and climate-related risks and opportunities if they are to make wise decisions. While ESG and climate are often conflated by companies and external stakeholders alike, there are important distinctions […]
How to tackle net-zero target arbitrage
Many financial institutions have rolled out portfolio decarbonization goals. But the differences between them could be ‘gamed’ by carbon-intensive companies Net-zero target setting is all the rage in the financial sector. In recent weeks, four of the five largest Canadian banks have rolled out targets for select portfolios, while the laggard — Royal Bank of […]
Real Estate, TCFD, and Net Zero: A Conversation with BentallGreenOak
March 8th, 2022 In this webinar, we talk about the challenges and opportunities that real estate investors face when it comes to climate change. And how leading investors are using the TCFD to report on climate change and pursue net-zero goals. Sign up below to watch our discussion. Don’t be left behind. We’ll help you […]
How to Use TCFD to Build Investor Confidence
Climate change is rapidly rising on the agenda of major investors around the world. Pension funds, asset managers and other major capital allocators have recognized the financial materiality of the risks and opportunities associated with the transition to a net-zero economy and the physical impacts of a warming world. For investors, these financial impacts manifest […]
How Will Investor Net-Zero Commitments Impact Businesses?
The Business Impact of Net-Zero Investing In September 2021, right before the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), a record 587 investors with US$46 trillion in assets under management urged governments to rapidly implement five priority policy actions that would allow them to invest and allocate the trillions needed to respond to global warming effectively. The […]
What is the Difference Between ESG and Climate and How do They Fit Together?
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations and climate change are often conflated in the minds of investors. However, there are important distinctions between the two. In this blog, we lay out the differences between ESG and climate from an investment perspective, and explain how these concepts are incorporated by the recommendations of the Task Force […]
How to Get Engagement from your Team Before Buying Software
1. Get leadership buy-in. When companies decide to purchase software and deploy it effectively there is alignment at the top. Sponsorship from the most senior levels when rolling out enterprise software is absolutely critical. Senior leadership alignment and endorsement of new initiatives, tying in objectives where possible, creates the strongest backing for an enterprise software […]