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Accelerating ambitions, rethinking mindsets around risk/return and simply “get on with it” were the messages to the investment management industry from ESG experts on the ground at COP28 following the first week of the conference.
ESG Clarity spoke to various industry professionals to find out their key takeaways from the announcements so far and the action points investment firms need to work on going forward.
A closer look at fund groups’ commitments to being net zero carbon emissions
Remco Fischer praises the ‘strong signals’ sent by early announcements
Consultations on mandatory ISSB disclosure and transition planning, along with other measures, were announced
A report published on Finance Day said that $1trn is needed per year for developing countries by 2030
Clarity AI’s chief sustainability officer Lorenzo Saa discusses the mood on the ground at COP29, and how there the conversations are ‘struggling’
The two organisations aim to increase access to comparable data through environmental reporting
‘It’s fascinating how quickly AI has become such a major issue for advisers’
