The going gets tough: Can heavy industry decarbonise?
Heavy industry and heavy transport are hard to decarbonise, but this must be done to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Can companies, policymakers and investors join forces to make it happen?
Heavy industry and heavy transport are hard to decarbonise, but this must be done to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Can companies, policymakers and investors join forces to make it happen?
For too long, issues of justice and equality have been left out of the climate conversation. But policymakers, companies and investors are slowly beginning to acknowledge the social dimensions of climate action.
To align with net-zero emissions targets, the financial system needs a radical transformation. Can it get there and, if it does, what should it look like in 2050?
Accurately measuring, monitoring and managing net-zero initiatives is a major task for policymakers and corporate executives, which should be reflected in financial accounts.
With the noise and interest in ESG investing reaching levels that would have been unthinkable a few short years ago, much of the analysis surrounding it is becoming polarised. A more sophisticated conversation and debate is required, argues Mark Versey, CEO at Aviva Investors.
If the world is to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, the international financial architecture needs far stronger coordination under a re-tooled OECD, writes Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer at Aviva Investors.
In this excerpt from our recently published Your Questions Answered, we highlight a few of the Sustainable Global Equity team’s responses to questions about their newly launched Fund.
The value of your investment and any income from it can go down as well as up and as a result your capital may be at risk.
Following the unprecedented decline in activity in 2020, economies have recovered rapidly – much more briskly than many forecasters, businesses or households had expected.
Tom Slater, joint manager of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust explains how medical technologies using artificial intelligence could speed up medical breakthroughs. Capital at risk.
A trip to Mars may not be high on the average person’s to-do list, but Scottish Mortgage is prepared to embrace the radical thinkers and their companies striving to get us there. Capital at risk.
We all know that there’s a climate emergency, and that urgent action is needed to combat it. What’s less well known is that one major impact of the climate crisis is felt through water scarcity. Water scarcity threatens lives, livelihoods, and the stability of societies around the world. Funding and innovation are urgently required to…