The global investment community has an oversized role to play in responding to the climate emergency.
In addition to the fundamentals of running a business, the investment community is expected to be constantly thinking about ESG strategies, climate risk, portfolio company green credentials, cleaning up value chains, and more. Politicians are setting more climate-related legislation and activist calls continue for businesses to clean up their operations. In response to the climate emergency, investors simply have no option but to take decisive action. Rapid growth of sustainable investment poses challenges for fund boards In the past few years, notably since 2018 when the IPCC warn...
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