Latham: Copenhagen failure has not affected long-term case for SRI

Henderson SRI manager says expectations of Copenhagen summit were unrealistic

After what was universally judged as a disappointing Copenhagen summit late last year, one could be forgiven for believing the global momentum to tackle climate change was waning. Built up across the world as the first real chance for leaders to agree an international framework for action, the summit was widely viewed as a failure in the efforts to curtail global warming. But while negative for sentiment, Henderson’s George Latham believes it has barely impacted the broader case for socially responsible investment. “Copenhagen was a very complex process; it was operating along a UN...