Episodes
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Climate change: bigger than the financial crisis?
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
This month we talk climate change with fund manager Simon Webber and Global Head of Stewardship Jessica Ground.
Jessica explains why climate change could have a bigger effect on company earnings than the financial crisis and what the asset management industry is doing to combat it.
Simon tells us why Amazon could be an example of a force for good for climate change, and what to look for in the potential winners and losers from climate change.
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RUNNING ORDER:
01:31 What can the asset management do to tackle climate change?
03:05 Are we on track to control climate change?
05:06 What is the asset management industry doing about climate change?
07:29 How do you find winners and losers from climate change?
08:52 Which industries and companies are adapting to the climate change threat?
11:09 Is it a fad?
12:20 Does divestment work?
14:38 Can asset managers do more to affect policy makers thinking?
15:32 Is it better to be invested and in the room with companies
17:16 Do you fell like asset managers are doing enough about climate change?
20:59 The asset management industry can't ignore climate change anymore
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