We believe that ESG considerations can play a critical role in a long-term investment strategy
ALIGNING INVESTMENTS WITH VALUES
In a fast-changing world, sustainability is a growing concern for our clients. Many investors have twin goals: to generate returns, and to do so in a way that aligns with their values.
We are committed to incorporating the management of risks associated with environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors across our entire investment platform. For investors who want to express their values explicitly in their portfolios, we offer a broad range of sustainable investment capabilities.
Many of the innovations and technologies needed for a carbon neutral economy are not yet available, but there are still many existing solutions that can be implemented today to reduce emissions, particularly in how we manage energy efficiency in buildings and appliances.
Progress on mitigating climate change hinges on cleaner energy as 73% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from energy usage in industry, buildings, and transport.
Learn the economic importance of biodiversity to the financial stability of global markets, and explore the five main threats to biodiversity today.
Although climate change is a key consideration in sustainable investing, sustainable investing is more broadly about finding companies that are durable in the long run and identifying risks that traditional company analysis may not capture.
The first thing most of us learned as children about protecting the environment was reduce, reuse, recycle. Those enduring principles are particularly relevant for companies looking to reduce their environmental footprint and their costs.
One of the most critical levers to reduce carbon emissions globally is transportation. Transportation accounts for 16% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with nearly three-quarters coming from passenger travel and road freight.
Sustainable investing is an area of interest for many investors. Explore the principles that inform our approach to sustainable investing.
Climate change is currently making snow scarcer in regions where snow sports have traditionally thrived.
The coexistence of food waste and world hunger reflects a classic market failure. About 17% of food goes to waste globally, and yet an estimated 690 million people (8.9% of the world population) are undernourished.
Regulatory action on carbon emissions is likely to intensify over the coming years, and companies that are actively addressing these risks could have a competitive advantage in the future.
Investors have a role in helping to slow, stabilize, potentially reverse—or adapt to some inevitable—climate change
Some areas of the agenda were advanced, true progress may have been postponed to the end of 2022, when countries are expected to recommit or strengthen their net zero commitments, which currently fall short of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The last summit in 2015 resulted in the Paris Agreement, an international treaty addressing climate change mitigation (by aiming to limit the increase in global temperatures by 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels), climate adaptation, and climate financing. Therefore, we anticipate meaningful discussion on these topics: achieving net zero, fiscal efforts , climate financing, carbon pricing.
Sarah Kapnick, Ph.D., our Senior Climate Scientist and Sustainability Strategist, explains why interest in carbon markets and emissions trading systems is surging—to both help halt climate change, and for investors, to potentially achieve long-term returns.
Sustainable investing, which considers environmental, social, and governance factors (ESG), is a philosophy most investors are aware of, but not all may fully understand it, as it has evolved meaningfully over the past few years
ESG is the use of environmental, social, and governance factors to inform investment decisions.
Extreme weather has prompted policy makers to focus on more resilient infrastructure and investments to mitigate climate change, which has meaningfully exacerbated extreme weather events.
As the Western U.S. drought moves towards a megadrought, it's time to start preparing for climate change. Explore how climate-based phenomena may unfold.
