To mark global Earth Day, Paul Simpson, CEO of CDP, the global platform for environmental investment data, looks at five key trends shaping the future of green investing.
When world leaders adopted the Paris Agreement in 2015 to keep global warming below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, it signaled that major changes were on the horizon in the global economy, and that green investment would soar to the top of the agenda. Today, leading multinationals are prioritising climate in the boardroom, and technological advances are driving the case for green investment at scale. 1. Climate disclosure goes mainstream Corporate disclosure of climate and environmental data is vital to the growth of the green economy and has been at the heart of CDP's missio...
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