All Alternatives articles – Page 21
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ESG Thema - Special COP26 - From Paris to Glasgow - Are we moving fast enough?
The Conference of the Parties (COP) was established with the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
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Financiers should look beyond profit/loss to help save the planet
Political leaders weren’t the only ones at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow this month. The international business of Federated Hermes hosted the 2-day Further, Faster conference to discuss how the world community should tackle the climate crisis and steer organization to a more sustainable future.
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A Quality Value Approach Embracing Sustainability Can Perform in Varying Markets
ClearBridge Investments discuss their approach to sourcing high-quality stocks in the value space that offer the potential for excess returns and satisfy environmental, social and governance (ESG) objectives.
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The challenge for asset managers in the climate crisis
For all the wrangling over targets and commitments at COP26 in Glasgow, one thing is clear: The transition to a net zero economy will require vast investment over the next few decades – and the asset management industry will be responsible for much of it.
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Investors reveal their top ESG roadblocks
As demand for ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing grows, the lack of consistent and robust data remains among the biggest challenges for institutional and wholesale investors globally.
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How can investors ensure a “just transition” in climate change fight?
A dollar invested in emerging and frontier markets can do more for the climate emergency than one invested in developed markets, but we must ensure plans are fair to all.
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Climate Financial Risk Forum
On Thursday 21st October, the outputs of Session 2 of the UK Climate Financial Risk Forum (CFRF) were launched. In this article, Kate Fowler, Senior Responsibility Analyst, sets out the role of the CFRF and why it is so important to developing industry best practice.
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To rewrite our future, we must invest in nature at scale
During COP26, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and founding members of the Natural Capital Investment Alliance (NCIA) – including Lombard Odier – emphasised the environmental and economic necessity of investing in nature at scale, and how forward-looking investors can find opportunities in the solutions urgently needed.
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Planetary boundaries: Johan Rockström, Mark Carney on Earth’s tipping points
The move towards a net-zero and nature-positive economy requires the large-scale transformation of our economy. Capital must be deployed in a way that mitigates or enables adaptation to climate change, while ensuring businesses operate safely within our planetary boundaries.
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Unravelling the conflicts in ‘Double Materiality’
Where do you draw the ‘moral’ line and how do you have a genuinely positive impact?
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Golden Years: Investing well and ageing well
As the Generali Investments SICAV (GIS) SRI Ageing Population subfund celebrates its six-year anniversary this October, Giulia Culot and Olivier Cassé, co-fund managers, dive into one of its key investment themes – ageing well, both financially and physically.
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Green winners in the global economy: research by Lombard Odier and Oxford University
The transition to a green economy is shifting the competitive landscape of the global economy as more countries, regions and corporates commit to net-zero targets. Who will be the winners as humanity targets a 1.5°C limit for global warming?
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A fair cop: Why social justice is vital to climate action
For too long, issues of justice and equality have been left out of the climate conversation. But policymakers, companies and investors are slowly beginning to acknowledge the social dimensions of climate action.
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Biofuels Thrive on Net Zero Carbon Ambitions
The stated global ambitions by nations to reduce their use of fossil fuels is seeing a rise in the demand for more sustainable energy sources and biofuels appears to be at the forefront of the change.
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No more decades for dithering: It is crunch time to push climate policy
A major new forecast commissioned by the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) argues that accelerating the implementation of climate change policies by 2025 would render the ‘below 2C’ Paris Agreement target feasible.
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Climate change: Nine reasons why COP26 needs to work
Climate change is the greatest threat facing the world today and the urgency for action has increased dramatically. The sixth assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) delivered a stark message on the pace and extent of global warming and its effects.
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How can investors align to net zero?
Financial institutions are committing to decarbonising their lending, investment and insurance activities. But understanding the impact of this new way of allocating capital requires new analytical tools. What are the emerging best practices in measuring real emissions reduction, and how should investors implement them?
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Paris alignment: pragmatic steps for investors
The Paris Agreement sets out a global framework to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C. How can this be translated into meaningful goals and actions for the investment community?
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European power price surges
Reaching a net-zero emissions energy system represents the biggest transformation the energy sector has ever seen. As we stand on the precipice of this transition it is becoming increasingly clear that we are in for a bumpy ride. With supply and demand for fossil fuels becoming increasingly difficult to predict, and technological innovation ramping up – sparks are sure to fly in energy markets, a trend that we are already observing in 2021.
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COP26: an opportunity to heighten climate ambitions
The 26th United Nations Climate Change conference, COP26, gets underway in Glasgow on 31 October, running through to 12 November. Its aim is to accelerate action towards the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and as such investors should pay attention to any outcomes: they could result in policies and regulation that will affect companies and create green growth opportunities.