Regulation

Despite the pandemic, climate change remains on top of the investors’ agenda. The globe is heating up, stakeholders’ initiatives keep unfolding, regulators are stepping up. This webinar will focus on how investors can handle - and build on - this momentum to enhance their strategies and further help combat climate change in 2021. We will take a deep dive into how climate indices – with methodology developments in Physical Risk, Scenario and Scope 3 - enable investors to meet their return objectives whilst facilitating the shift towards a low-carbon economy. Specific topics will include: 2021 outlook on legislative and investor initiatives Why climate tilted indices work Study results – comparing the risk/ return profile between standard vs. climate benchmarks Speakers Rodolphe Bocquet, Global Head of Sustainable Investment, Qontigo Melissa R. Brown, Managing Director, Applied Research, Qontigo Laurent Deborde, Head of Equity Portfolio Management & Fund Selection, Groupe Caisse des Dépôts Viola Lutz, Deputy Head of Climate Solutions, ISS ESG Moderator: Daniel Brooksbank, Head of Strategic Content, Responsible Investor

As the EU prepares to finalise its green taxonomy, Ingmar Schuurmans offers a refresher on what the controversial new framework really is, and how it will impact investors

The latest developments in sustainable finance

The latest developments in sustainable finance

NBIM is the latest investor to throw its weight behind Commission’s proposal on sustainable corporate governance

Treasury requests market views on new draft decree

Sweeping report highlights need for better data and the ‘pricing in’ of nature-based externalities

A 30-page shareholder letter to the new President’s Transition Team says the regulator should stop excluding what were once acceptable shareholder resolutions

MEPs eye EU law on ESG corporate due diligence giving teeth to Ruggie Principles and OECD guidelines

Changes in the renewable energy landscape pose new challenges for investors, says Eduardo Monteiro