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Responsible Investor's 4-part webinar series "ESG data: mind the gap" brings together the different perspectives of corporates, investors and actors on differing views and challenges, exploring the existing gaps, solutions and offering best practice examples. This second webinar of the four-part series will focus on defining alternative ESG data from a corporate perspective, the potential impact on company valuations of such data, and how this data may be used by investors to identify risks and opportunities. Speakers: Truvalue Labs - Thomas Kuh, Head of Index Brunel Pensions - Helen Price, Assistant Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership Ltd Moderator: Helen Wood-Gush, Senior ESG Consultant, Responsible Investor Questions for discussion may include: What is alternative data, where does it come from, and how is used in ESG ratings and indices? Has the big data revolution allowed investors to become less reliant on voluntary corporate disclosures? What challenges does the use of big data by investors pose to corporate disclosure requirements and practices? What is the process for identifying the relevant signals to achieve better investment objectives? How can companies participate in the alternative/big data conversation with investors? How can the data that companies generate add value to the pool of “alternative/big data” used in market valuation? What additional types of data should companies be seeking to generate? What types of technological solutions, processes and platforms can corporations and investors use to help ensure financially material qualitative S and G data is appropriately considered in relation to the market valuation of companies?

Following the huge demand to attend the in-person taster session for the Certificate in Sustainable Investing and Finance (CSIF) in London on November 27th ( https://www.responsible-investor.com/events/events_page/csif_pre_course_with_andreas_hoepner_london/ )we are broadcasting a shorter version via a webinar on Tuesday 10th December. The CSIF program aims to introduce sustainable investment professionals and intermediaries from the responsible investment space into modern finance and investment practice. It provides sustainable investment proponents with deeply needed technical and conceptual knowledge of financial markets, and modern methods of financial decision-making such as financial data science. The webinar will include: 1 Why Climate Transition Investing (CTI)? 1a) The fine but crucial differences between the ‘Net Zero’ and the ’2 degree’ target 1b) CTI & the IPCC trajectory: ‘Developed by scientists’ not just ‘science-based’1c) Imperatives for the Global GHG Diet: Discipline & Measurement What is Climate Transition Investing (CTI)? 2a) The Planet Parameter: -7% on average per annum 2b) Baselines for both versions of Climate Transition Investing 2c) Greenwashing Preventions How can anyone advance in Climate Transition Investing (CTI)? 3a) Climate Transition Investing across Asset Classes 3b) Estimating Absolute GHG emissions 3c) Scaling GHG Intensity measures without sectoral bias (i.e. GHG/revenue is biased in favour of Coal and Integrated O&G)

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The round-up of the latest sustainable finance developments

The latest ESG movers and shakers

In today’s Responsible Funds: APG, European Investment Bank, Railpen, Intesa Sanpaolo, France’s FRR, Man Group, Ørsted, Aviva, BMO Global Asset Management, ResponsAbility, Swedbank Robur

Follow up to our recent update series of EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan webinars.