This webinar will present an investor view on how to decarbonise infrastructure assets; a water infrastructure company case study about its "road to carbon neutrality", and the work of an industry collaboration partnership on sustainable infra.
The principles of Net Zero-aligned investment frameworks; the bottom-up portfolio construction methodology ensuring consistency between stock-level decisions and overall climate impact goals; and the resulting financial and climate characteristics.
An in-depth conversation about how catalytic project capital can help unlock growth and scale entrepreneurs in some of the fastest growing sectors in finance including transportation, food & ag, water and energy.
Thanks to investor demand, institutional initiatives, and the Biden-Harris Administration, policymakers are increasingly focused on climate change regulation in the US. This webinar will discuss the status of climate-related policy developments by the SEC, Fed and CFTC, how investors may be impacted and how the proposed approaches compare with those in Europe. Expert panelists will provide a deep dive into the methodology and increased transparency needed to future proof climate indices in order to comply with the new developments.
This webinar is a follow up from one hosted in February 2021: Taking temperature for 2021: Investment solutions for challenging climate change.
Speakers:
Rodolphe Bocquet, Global Head of Sustainable Investment, Qontigo
Nina Chen, Director of Sustainability and Climate Initiatives, New York Department of Financial Services
Stan Dupre, Founding Partner, 2° Investing Ventures
Greg Hershman, Senior Specialist, U.S. Policy, PRI
Viola Lutz, Deputy Head of Climate Solutions, ISS ESG
There has been a surge of net zero pledges and initiatives recently. This webinar will explore the scientific ground for net zero emissions, the levers to getting to net zero and how investors can align their portfolios to mitigate climate risks … and capture opportunities.
Topics addressed:
Are net zero pledges aspirational or achievable?
How negative emissions could positively impact the economy?
Is it possible to be emissions negative and returns positive?
Speakers:
Dr. C. Adam Schlosser, MIT
Dr. Jennifer Morris, MIT
Mamadou-Abou Sarr, President, V-Square Quantitative Management
Moderator: Daniel Brooksbank, Responsible Investor
Companies are increasingly supporting the TCFD as a leading disclosure framework but reporting is merely the outcome of internal efforts to measure and manage climate-related risk. How should climate scenario analysis be implemented by companies and how can they act on the results? In this session, we will explore net-zero targets and what constitutes a strong target according to three dimensions: relevance, ambition, and confidence level.
Speakers:
Lindsay Patrick, Head of Strategic Initiatives and ESG, RBC Capital Markets
David Lunsford, Head of Climate Policy and Strategy at MSCI ESG Research
Pete Sheffield, Chief Sustainability Officer, Enbridge
Moderator:
Helen Wood-Gush, Senior ESG Consultant, Responsible Investor
Achieving net zero is now a prime objective of investors around the world. But what are the practical steps that need to be taken to get there?How can we move from the aspirational - the desire to get to net zero - to the implementation phase where assets are strategically allocated for net zero?
Talk of reducing the carbon intensity or even the “temperature” of an equity portfolio and it’s assumed this will really be part of the fight against climate change. You would expect a direct impact on the issuers of the stocks contained in the portfolio.
But there is an inconsistency between investment decisions at the specific stock level and many climate or Paris-aligned investment strategies. This portfolio greenwashing can be both measured and avoided, and experts from Scientific Beta will show you how.
Speakers:
-Noël Amenc, PhD, is Associate Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School (Singapore) and the founding Chief Executive Officer of Scientific Beta.
-Erik Christiansen is an ESG and Low Carbon Investment Specialist with Scientific Beta. He was previously Head of Investment Strategy with the French pension scheme ERAFP.
-Felix Goltz, PhD, is Research Director at Scientific Beta.
Moderator:
-Daniel Brooskbank, Head of Strategic Content, Responsible Investor.
Accounting for climate change is changing: guidance from the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), direction from auditors and regulators, and demands from investors are changing the way that CO2 emissions should be looked at and presented in the company accounts.
In this Responsible Company webinar, find out how this could impact the way companies think about climate in their CapEx, planning and strategy. And what it could mean for investors and markets as a result.
Speakers:
Veronica Poole, Global IFRS and Corporate Reporting Leader, Deloitte
David Pitt-Watson, Leader of the Climate Accounting Project, and Fellow, Cambridge University, Judge Business School
Moderator: Hugh Wheelan, Co-Founder and Joint Managing Director, Responsible Investor
This webinar will explore how and to what extent investors are addressing biodiversity, drawing on the findings of RI and Credit Suisse’s report Unearthing investor action on biodiversity (https://www.esg-data.com/product-page/unearthing-investor-action-on-biodiversity).
Join our expert speaker line-up in discussing:
How are investors getting equipped to tackle biodiversity loss?
Climate change similarities and differences: To what extent can investors draw on their climate change efforts when deciding how best to address biodiversity?
What are some steps investors can take to analyse and integrate biodiversity into their strategies?
What is needed to boost investments supporting nature and wildlife?
How are initiatives such as TNFD seeking to catalyse change?
Speakers:
Charlotte Kaiser, Managing Director, NatureVest, The Nature Conservancy
Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer & Global Head Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse
Marte Borhaug, Global Head of Sustainable Outcomes, Aviva Investors
Moderator: Elza Holmstedt Pell, Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor