All Environmental issues articles – Page 19
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Technical guideResponsible investment in farmland
Farmland offers a stable long-term investment with the benefits of diversification, inflation protection and potential for attractive returns, but there are significant challenges, including water, soil health, biodiversity, toxics and land rights.
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Blog postCO2 disclosure cuts the cost of debt
Energy, the lifeblood of any business, is a considerable cost, but being more transparent about emissions data could be a way for businesses to reduce some of that cost and create value for shareholders.
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Discussion paperKey factors for establishing an emission reduction goal
Asset owners are diverse and drivers for action will vary, ranging from financial value to social values, with actions and outcomes flowing from these.
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Discussion paperHow measuring a portfolio carbon footprint can assist in climate risk mitigation and reducing emissions
A carbon footprint is a useful quantitative tool that can inform the creation and implementation of a broader climate change strategy.
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Discussion paperThe case for asset owner action on climate change
With scientific concerns about the effects of carbon emissions settled, asset owners are increasingly interested in understanding their carbon exposure and learning what role they can play to achieve a safe environment for future generations.
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Discussion paperReducing emissions across the portfolio
A growing number of asset owners want to know how their assets are exposed to climate change related risks, and the role that they can play in an orderly transition to a lower carbon economy.
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Blog postDirectors' duties in the anthropocene: liability for corporate harm due to incation on climate change
Sustainalytics Prize for Excellence in Responsible Investment Research: STUDENT PRIZE (JOINT WINNER) Sarah Barker, University of Melbourne Key findings Climate change presents material financial risks. The duty of care and diligence requires directors to be informed and engaged; ignorance and inaction are no defense. Directors may be ...
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Blog postCorporate disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions
The reporting of company-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is a complex undertaking for companies and currently a voluntary activity in most European countries.
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The next generation of scenarios for climate change
In this paper Moss et al provide an overview of how scenarios of the future are used in climate change research to aid understanding of how changes in technology, lifestyle, and policies can address the risks of climate change, and outline a new process for developing these scenarios.
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Blog postExpert credibility in climate change
This study, published in 2010, aims to evaluate the extent of agreement among climate change scientists with the view of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that “anthropogenic [caused by humans] greenhouse gases have been responsible for most of the unequivocal warming of the Earth’s average temperature over the ...
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Blog postInvestors' recognition of unburnable carbon
This paper analyses the reaction of the US stock market to the initial publication and subsequent media coverage of two climate change studies published in the journal Nature in 2009.
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Blog postClimate change impacts and adaptation in cities
With half of the world’s population living in cities, and the proportion increasing, addressing the greenhouse gas emissions from cities on future levels of climate change, and of the effects of climate change on cities, is increasingly relevant.
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Academic researchRI Quarterly Vol. 4: Focus on climate
Climate-related investment practice is on the verge of rapid change.
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Engagement guideWater consumption in water scarce regions
PwC estimated water consumption in water stressed regions around the world for 78 companies on an initial research focus list.
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Engagement guideWhy care about supply chain water risks?
Water is one of the few resources that is needed for almost all transformation processes that foster production activities.
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Engagement guide
A water risks stewardship framework
The water stewardship framework developed by WWF effectively highlights various examples of best practice water risk management by companies.
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Engagement guideWater risks in agricultural supply chains
Global fresh water supplies have become increasingly exposed to risk as a result of both growing demand, and pressures on supply, including those linked to climate change.
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Engagement guide
Engaging on water risks in agricultural supply chains
A universe of 78 target companies was narrowed down to 54 to form the initial targets for investor engagement on water risk.
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Engagement guide
Analysing water risks in agricultural supply chains
WWF applied its technical expertise by identifying those crops and basins facing the most significant water risks globally.
