What Climate Risk Means for the Future of Responsible Investing

Navigating the broad landscape of climate-related investment risks and opportunities has never been more critical. For a discussion on decarbonization, responsible investing and tactics for greater resilience, host and Aon’s Partner, Non-Profit Solutions Leader, Chair of U.S. Investment Committee, Heather Myers, welcomes Daniel Ingram, partner, head of Responsible Investment, North America, and Tim Manuel, partner, head of Responsible Investment, UK.

• [1:44] Key questions that define the meaning of decarbonizing for investors
• [5:40] Identifying the motivation behind the steps needed in decarbonizing efforts
• [10:54] Various investor approaches to decarbonizing
• [15:37] Action and integration flow from the motivational belief that change is possible
• [19:22] First steps to building a climate-resilient investment portfolio

Additional Resources:

Aon’s website

How is Climate Change Affecting the Investment Landscape?

Aon’s Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) Manager Ratings: 3 Questions with Daniel Ingram

Impact Investing is Hard: Here’s How to do it Well

Responsible Investing

Aon’s Impact Report

Tweetables:

• “As a globally diversified investor, your portfolio will look like, to some degree, the global economy.” — Tim Manuel
• “For investors that want to maintain diversification, their own decarbonization goals and whether they will meet those goals, are inextricably linked to the decarbonization process in the wider economy.” — Tim Manuel
• “Investors can’t decarbonize in a vacuum.” — Tim Manuel
• “Investors really need some help determining what, if anything, decarbonizing means for them, what actions they might want to take, if any, and why.” — Daniel Ingram
• “Trying to understand what’s motivating your investors is really part of determining what decarbonizing means for you.” — Daniel Ingram
• “No one person is going to solve climate change. It requires everyone to do their part globally.” — Daniel Ingram

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