Responsible Investment Quarterly – Q2 2020
View the Q2 2020 edition of the Responsible Investment team’s Quarterly Report
What exactly is climate change risk?
Chris Wagstaff considers what climate change risk comprises through the lens of an institutional asset owner.
What are the principal considerations and obstacles to climate change risk management?
Chris Wagstaff reflects on the principal considerations in approaching, and the obstacles to be overcome in implementing, an effective climate change risk management policy.
Global Sustainable Outcomes Q2 2020
This issue looks at the increasing importance of ‘social’ in ESG investing; how some countries are targeting a ‘green recovery’ from Covid-19; and a look at the sustainable impact highlights of some of our stocks
How best to approach climate change risk management?
Chris Wagstaff considers how asset owners might best approach climate change risk management by adopting a number of non-mutually exclusive mitigating actions to address transition and physical risks.
There is no planet B
There is no Planet B: Why climate change risk management is the world’s hottest topic and how asset owners and asset managers should be responding
Responsible Investment Quarterly – Q1 2020
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Coronavirus sparks a social shift in the bond market
The coronavirus is a social issue that has brought unprecedented disruption to societies and is impacting the wellbeing of the world’s population. Capital markets are responding to this challenge with more than $9 billion of social bonds issued in the past three weeks, all from supranational entities. However, more can be done, and this presents a great opportunity for governments to follow suit.
Social bond market responds to the coronavirus crisis
The coronavirus outbreak is a social issue that threatens the well-being of the world’s population. With ther ICMA Social Bond Principles published in 2017, the past few years has seen the bond market develop products that address social issues, with $59 billion issued to date. It therefore stands ready to support the financing of projects aimed at addressing the Covid-19 threat.
Responsible Investment Quarterly – Q4 2019
View the Q4 2019 edition of the Responsible Investment team’s Quarterly Report.
