Climate Strategy Course
This course offers asset owners tools and knowledge to strengthen their conviction about the need to develop a climate strategy that fits their goals, beliefs, and fiduciary duty as stewards of “other people’s money”.
Climate is the ESG topic that has seen the most momentum over the last few years and will continue to have a tremendous impact on our environment, economy, capital markets, and our standard of living for years to come.
Contact us for a quote. A complimentary recording of Lesson 1 is available below.
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Why is it crucial for leaders at asset owners to understand the fundamentals of climate science?
Climate science is the impetus for global agreements like the Paris Agreement. Actions at the global level eventually trickle down to the financial sector, capital markets and any investments asset owners make.
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An MSCI survey revealed that 89% of the 350 industry professionals representing asset owners and managers, banks and insurers believed that climate risks were either partially or not priced in asset prices.
The eventual “pricing-in” could start with physical risk in some region and then spread.
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In this lesson we will learn about the global agreements like the Paris Agreement as well as the regulatory framework for Canadian Pension plans and other asset owners. It is crucial to understand how these are dictating the pace of transition toward a net-zero economy.
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In this final lesson we present a framework for climate strategy based on the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
It is broken down in three steps:
Step 1 - Assess & Measure
Step 2 - Act
Step 3 - Review
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