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Take the Natural Path to Long-term Value

Chris Hall

Asset managers must recognise that degrading ecosystems directly impact markets, supply chains, and long-term returns. As environmental conditions deteriorate, sectors such as agriculture, forestry, and fisheries face growing disruptions, translating into financial losses, operational instability, and declining asset values.

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AB: ESG in Action - The Human Touch in Interpreting Climate Scenario Analysis

3BL Media

The evolving climate drives physical risks—damaged or stranded assets and business-interruption costs from severe weather events. For example, one provider calculates a company’s physical risk based solely on its headquarters location, despite its global supply chain stretching across far-flung manufacturing locations.

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Plastics Under Pressure

Chris Hall

” Julie Gorte, Senior Vice President for Sustainable Investing at Impax Asset Management, advises asset owners to consider the upsides of this challenging and complex transition. Risk of stranded assets Many major asset owners and managers have vociferously supported the treaty.

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Breaking Down Responsible Investment

Sense and Sustainability

indigenous populations), as well as working conditions throughout the supply chain (e.g. A sister of responsible investment is Impact Investing , which is a more proactive approach in investing with the ‘ intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside financial return.’

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Unfinished Business

Chris Hall

Mixed picture Do climate-related disclosures provide investors with the decision-useful information they need as they seek to reduce portfolios emissions while orientating capital to climate-positive investments? This has echoes of the issue of stranded assets arising from decarbonisation of the energy supply over the past decade or so.”

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Decarbonising Investment Portfolios on the Journey to Net Zero

3BL Media

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. Clearly much more needs to be done to pivot towards more sustainable investment and lending practices.

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Red Light, Green Light

Chris Hall

Warwick Thompson says it is vital to reduce reliance on fossil fuels to minimise the risk of stranded assets. “The government needs to ensure the right policy landscape and incentives are in place in the economy for private finance to flow to the right areas, and away from the continued expansion of fossil fuel production,” he says.