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Most read research buzzes
(646) Planet Tracker: Deep Sea Mining: A Policy Guide
Planet Tracker: Deep Sea Mining: A Policy Guide
(https://planet-tracker.org/deep-sea-mining-a-policy-guide/)
Planet Tracker has previously highlighted significant financial risks from deep sea mining including the potential to destroy USD 30-132 billion of corporate value and putting over USD 560 billion at risk in export earnings per year for the countries most dependent on mining copper, cobalt, manganese and nickel on land.
The Deep Sea Mining Policy Guide provides financial institutions with recommendations on how to develop investment and financing policies on this issue, highlighting some of the key sectors involved and additional resources that financial institutions can use.
(641) Carbon Tracker: LNG: Investors' "Liquefied Natural Gold" or "Liquefied Natural Gruel"? (Wbr | 15 Jan)
Carbon Tracker: LNG: Investors' "Liquefied Natural Gold" or "Liquefied Natural Gruel"? (Wbr | 15 Jan)
(https://carbontracker.cmail19.com/t/y-e-cgldx-hltdhitldy-o/)
Weds 15th Jan 2025
15:00 UK | 16:00 CET
10:00 NY | 07:00 San Fran
"An increase of nearly 50% in global LNG export capacity is on the horizon, led by the US & Qatar, but the prices that many suppliers need to recover their investments may not entice developing economies to switch to natural gas at scale: something has to give." IEA WEO 2024
(595) WBA: 2024 Automotive and Transportation Manufacturers Benchmark
WBA: 2024 Automotive and Transportation Manufacturers Benchmark
The World Benchmarking Alliance’s Climate and Energy Benchmark measures and ranks the world’s 44 most influential automotive and transportation manufacturers on their alignment to a low-carbon world.
The 2024 benchmark combines the ACT (Accelerate Climate Transition) methodologies and the WBA social and just transition indicators.
This approach provides a holistic assessment of companies’ efforts to achieve a low-carbon transition that is just and equitable.
(588) Outokumpu: Sustainability Strategy Update (20 March | Virtual)
Outokumpu: Sustainability Strategy Update (20 March | Virtual)
Stainless steel manufacturer, Outokumpu positions itself as the global leader in sustainable stainless steel.
The company’s sustainable competitive advantage derives from 75% lower carbon footprint that supports Outokumpu’s customers to significantly reduce their supply chain emissions. The unique geographical location with low-carbon energy in Nordics, ownership of the only chromium mine within European Union and strategic commitment to circular economy positions the company as the leader in sustainability within its industry.
Agenda
- Introduction to Outokumpu – Linda Häkkilä, Head of Investor Relations
- Outokumpu’s Sustainable Development Strategy – Heidi Peltonen, Vice President, Sustainability
- Q&A
Details
- Format: Webinar
- Date: Thursday 20 March 2025
- Time: 12.00 – 13.00 (London) | 14:00 – 15: 00 (Helsinki) | 07:00 – 08:00 (New York)
- Location: Virtual meeting via Zoom
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About Outokumpu
Outokumpu produces a range of stainless steel products, including hot and cold rolled, precision strip, tubular and stainless long products together with a range of stainless fittings, flanges and welding consumables. The company’s products are used in automotive, heavy transport, white goods, building and construction and in process industries.
(562) S&P: Big Picture for Sustainability in 2025: Secondary Perils and Protection Gaps
S&P: Big Picture for Sustainability in 2025: Secondary Perils and Protection Gaps
S&P: Big Picture for Sustainability in 2025: Secondary Perils and Protection Gaps
Insured losses from natural catastrophes globally have topped $100 billion in each of the past three years and, thanks to hurricanes Helene and Milton, look set to do so again in 2024.
Contributing factors to these high numbers include growing populations in catastrophe-prone areas and rising insured property values because of economic inflation.
In hurricane-prone Florida, litigation is pushing up claims costs. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation, a recurring natural climate pattern, has a big influence on the strength and location of tropical cyclones.
(556) William Blair: The Energy Transition: Fueling Tomorrow’s Economy
William Blair: The Energy Transition: Fueling Tomorrow’s Economy
Over time, the forces behind the energy transition have become deeper and the motivations more diverse.
A longstanding catalyst of the energy transition has been the adverse impact of burning fossil fuels on the climate. Globally, there has been a consensus that the world needed to shift away from a scarce, expensive, inefficient, and volatile commodity-based fossil fuel system to a cheaper, cleaner, and leaner technology that is readily available and exposed to falling costs.
The shift from hydrocarbons to electrons has resulted in greater electrification and digitalization within the power space. The commercialization of electric vehicle (EV) technology is directly linked to these initiatives as transportation is a huge contributor to emissions. Electrifying transport is, and will continue to be, beneficial from an emissions reduction perspective.
But recently, new energy transition catalysts have emerged, such as national security (particularly as importing fuel through pipelines that could potentially be compromised has emerged as a threat) and the deglobalization of supply chains. As reshoring and nearshoring accelerate, there is a need for countries in both emerging and developed markets to dramatically increase investment in their capacity to generate, transmit, and distribute power, which is also providing momentum to the energy transition...
(534) Planet Tracker: Food Giants & Fertiliser Risk
Planet Tracker: Food Giants & Fertiliser Risk
(https://planet-tracker.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Food-Giants-and-Fertiliser-Risk.pdf)
Planet Tracker: Food Giants & Fertiliser Risk
Widespread misuse of synthetic fertilisers has led to a rise in fertiliser-related environmental risks. Planet Tracker searched the company filings of 45 of the largest food system companies globally for evidence that food producers, manufacturers, and food retailers are highlighting fertiliser-related risks to investors and other stakeholders.
Overall, this report found that a third of companies are failing to acknowledge fertiliser risks at all. Many risk disclosures are still superficial, and more companies need to provide evidence that they assess the risks associated with fertiliser misuse in their own operations and value chains, such as the potential financial cost and declining agricultural yields from fertiliser overuse.
(533) Manulife IM: A thematic framework for investing in the nature and climate transition
Manulife IM: A thematic framework for investing in the nature and climate transition
Key takeaways
- "We believe the urgency of the nature and climate transition will continue to present a broad and deep investment opportunity set, which we’ve categorized into five distinct themes.
- We view these five themes as being truly global in scope, collectively extending to virtually every asset type, market sector, investment style, and geographic region."
(511) Federated Hermes: Stemming the plastics tide
Federated Hermes: Stemming the plastics tide
The global plastics treaty negotiations in South Korea and the Biodiversity COP16 in Colombia attempted to address the interlinked challenges of pollution and biodiversity loss.
In this article, Sonya Likhtman, Xinyu Pei and Shoa Hirosato take a closer look at the struggle to arrest nature degradation.
(504) ISS ESG: Why Forests Matter and Assessing Deforestation Risk in Investment Portfolios
ISS ESG: Why Forests Matter and Assessing Deforestation Risk in Investment Portfolios
(https://www.issgovernance.com/library/ncri-deforestation-report/)
The Root Cause of Nature Loss: Forests, Why They Matter, and How to Assess Deforestation Risk in Investment Portfolios through Nature-Related Data
ISS STOXX's Natural Capital Research Institute's publishes a report to answer the question:
How are global institutional investors exposed to deforestation risks in their investment portfolios, and how can they assess and mitigate those risks—and related impacts and dependencies—while capitalizing on nature-based opportunities?
Most viewed job posts
(1029) JobPosts: 2 @ PRI - Head, Sustainability Initiatives / Head, MENA RI Ecosystems (London | Dubai)
JobPosts: 2 @ PRI - Head, Sustainability Initiatives / Head, MENA RI Ecosystems (London | Dubai)
Head of Middle East & Northern Africa, Responsible Investment Ecosystems Close 25 Jan
Head, Sustainability Initiatives Close 5 Jan
Most viewed organisations
- (90) abrdn
- (46) Aviva Investors
- (35) X-AM-Test
- (28) SRI-CONNECT
Most viewed users
- (30) Mike Tyrrell @ SRI-CONNECT
- (14) Corinne Yates @ X-AM-Test
- (12) Bob Yavin-Jones @ X-AM-Test
- (4) Wai-Shin Chan @ Unknown firm
- (3) Ashim Paun @ Triton Partners
