Rebecca Schlagenhauf, Principal at Baird Capital, makes the case for investing in solutions for water quality and scarcity.  The world is facing an escalating water crisis, with water scarcity impacting billions of people globally. According to UNICEF, nearly two-thirds of the world’s population, or four billion people, experience severe water scarcity for at least one month each year. By 2025,…

Gavin Smith, Head of Equity Research and Sustainable Investing at PGIM Quantitative Solutions, argues a balance can be struck between investing in line with values and financial performance.  Financial returns have always been the primary objective for institutional investors. Increasingly, however, they are also rightfully considering the means by which these returns are generated, expressing concerns about investing in companies…

The UN must bring about greater international cooperation to realise Paris goals, according to Antoine Rostand, President and Co-founder of Kayrros.  As the leading global authority on the climate, the UN has played an outsized role in pushing countries to address climate change. The most well-known act in this respect was the creation of the Paris Agreement, the aim of…

On July 15, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom proposed amendments that would, among other things, delay initial reporting deadlines for two of California’s recently enacted climate-related disclosure laws by two years. Governor Newsom signed the two bills, Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (California Senate Bill 253 (SB-253)), relating to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosures, and the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (California Senate Bill…

On July 15, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom proposed amendments that would, among other things, delay initial reporting deadlines for two of California’s recently enacted climate-related disclosure laws by two years. Governor Newsom signed the two bills, Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (California Senate Bill 253 (SB-253)), relating to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosures, and the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (California Senate Bill…

As increasing workplace surveillance creates more corporate controversies, the ICCR’s Nadira Narine calls on investors to put workers’ rights at the top of the engagement agenda. Excessive workplace surveillance resulted in a €32 million fine for Amazon at the start of this year, after French regulators ruled the use of scanners to monitor “every detail of employees’ quality and productivity”…