All Climate change articles – Page 27
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Technical guideLow-carbon investing and listed equity funds
While the public markets comprise a smaller portion of the clean energy investment universe compared to asset finance and unlisted assets (including infrastructure, private equity and venture capital), activity in the acquisitions market has steadily grown over recent decades, reflecting the larger size of the renewable energy sector (see below).
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Technical guideLow-carbon investing and low-carbon indices
For off-the-shelf fund solutions, investing against lowcarbon indices is a potentially lower-cost option than actively managed strategies.
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Technical guideHow to invest in the low-carbon economy
Institutional investors’ responsibility to manage and protect their beneficiaries’ assets must include considering the impacts of climate change.
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News and press
The PRI releases investor guide on corporate climate lobbying
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has launched a new guide - Converging on climate lobbying: aligning corporate practice with investor expectations - to help investors engage with portfolio companies on their direct and indirect lobbying practices related to climate policy.
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Case studyCase study: Rio Tinto shareholder resolution 2018 - LGIM's perspective
Case study by Legal & General Investment Management
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Case studyCase study: understanding lobbying practices as part of carbon risk management
Case study by GES International
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Case studyCase study: Are the world's largest banks stepping up to the risks and opportunities of climate change?
Case study by Boston Common Asset Management
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Case studyClimate lobbying case study: ExxonMobil - perspective from Walden Asset Management
Case study by Walden Asset Management
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Engagement guideThe PRI-coordinated collaborative engagement on climate lobbying
Launched in 2015, 35 investors with AUM of US$2 trillion joined the PRI’s collaborative engagement on corporate climate lobbying practices, targeting 21 companies across the following sectors.
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Engagement guideRecommendations for future climate lobbying engagement
The following recommendations highlight key areas for driving climate lobbying practice performance further.
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Engagement guide
Examples of policy engagement governance and climate lobbying
A range of good and poor practice identified by InfluenceMap across sectors for policy engagement governance and climate lobbying positions are provided below.
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Engagement guide
How to engage with companies on climate lobbying
Stage 1: Identifying potential red flags Before engaging with a company on its climate lobbying practices, several signs will help indicate the likelihood of direct or indirect obstructive climate lobbying practices: no transparency or a negative public stance on climate science; no reporting on money spent on national or ...
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Engagement guide
Corporate policy engagement on climate issues
Public policy plays a critical role in regulating and framing the relationship between companies and their investors and, in turn, the relationship between companies, investors and wider society.
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Engagement guideConverging on climate lobbying: aligning corporate practice with investor expectations
Investors are increasingly scrutinising corporate engagement on climate policy as it plays a critical role in helping governments create practical climate policy solutions. However, corporate engagement on climate policy is a double-edged sword.
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Technical guideAn asset owner’s guide to the TCFD recommendations
Asset owners will need high-quality and timely data on climate-related risks to help guide them through the energy transition.
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Engagement guideGrowing water risk resilience: an investor guide on agricultural supply chains
Companies with direct operations and supply chains that are dependent on agriculture, the world’s largest user of water, are exposed to water risks. Those companies that appropriately mitigate these risks and demonstrate good water stewardship characteristics will create value for their shareholders.
