Thought leadership

As the investment titan goes into climate overdrive, and Larry Fink demands 2°C scenario analysis from all portfolio companies, RI looks at what else is in today’s statements from BlackRock.

The role of sovereign bonds to support a key plank of the Paris climate accord

AXA Investment Managers’ Yo Takatsuki

Jérôme Tagger on how to (better) prevent surprises in 2020

California’s former Insurance Commissioner urges regulators to look across the pond for inspiration

A radical plan to improve responsible investment

Michael Torrance and Marc Lijour think 2020 should be the year for a more dynamic approach to ESG data

Financial firms are increasingly looking to mindfulness training as a way to improve staff well-being and performance. But could it have broader implications for the future of finance?

The CIO reflects on diverging views on how to integrate ESG

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)