Financial Implications of Climate Change Legislation and Litigation

An introductory guide to climate change and investment, this guide outlines the key trends that every investor should know. We describe relevant climate change drivers and metrics, how to understand a portfolio's climate exposure and the fundamental steps investors must take when formulating an investment response to climate change.

Join us on the 18th October at 2pm to explore this guide with our CEO, Sam Gill, who will take you through our key findings and answer your questions relating to climate change and investment.

In this webinar, we discuss the financial implications of climate change legislation and litigation with Richard Saines, Richard Lord and James Cameron.

Agenda:
- Current trends in climate litigation

- Climate change and fiduciary duty, are they linked? 

- Legal issues and their likely impact on US corporations and investors worldwide

- Risk mitigation in the era of climate change for investors and company directors

Speakers:
Richard Saines, Partner at Baker McKenzie

Richard heads the North America Climate Change and Environmental Markets Practice at Baker McKenzie. He is recognised by Chambers USA and Chambers Global as a leading climate change lawyer.

Richard Lord, Q.C. at Brick Court Chambers, London

Richard has appeared in and advised on numerous cases in tribunals at The Supreme Court and House of Lords. He co-edited the book Climate Change Liability: Transnational Law and Practice.

James Cameron, Chairman of Overseas Development Institute, and Chairman of Engaged Tracking

James has worked on climate change matters including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol. He recently advised the Fijian presidency at COP23 in Bonn.

With regulation to limit carbon emissions increasing worldwide, low carbon investment strategies are a hot topic among our members. Research from Engaged Tracking has shown that investment strategies that ‘tilt’ away from carbon-intensive companies towards more carbon-efficient ones have been outperforming the market.


In this session we explore new approaches to low carbon investment, including:
- Snapshot of the current market
- Isabelle Delattre, CIO at Raymond James Asset Management, sharing insights on the process of designing a new ‘carbon momentum’ strategy
- Engaged Tracking’s approach: designing new low carbon investment strategies


Presenters:
Sam Gill, CEO of Engaged Tracking
Isabelle Delattre, CIO of Raymond James Asset Management International

This webinar will explore the recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related FInancial Disclosures (TCFD) with a particular focus on how investors can implement scenario analysis.

1. Discussion of key trends in the market.
2. Learn more about what the TCFD recommendations mean for your organisation.
3. Gain insights from Engaged Tracking’s new TCFD-aligned scenario analysis tool.
4. Leverage insights from your peers in overcoming key challenges.

Speakers include:

Dr Ben Caldecott, founding Director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme at the University of Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
- Ben will share his thoughts on TCFD and its implications

Sam Gill, CEO at Engaged Tracking and Pekka Piirainen, Senior Engagement Manager at Engaged Tracking
- Pekka will share insights from Engaged Tracking's TCFD-aligned Scenario Analysis tool

James Cameron, Chairman at Engaged Tracking
- Chair

Join other Local Authority Pension Funds on 8th March 11am to:

1. Learn more about key developments in the market that every fund manager needs to know.
2. Explore practical solutions for addressing climate change risk in pension portfolios, including responding to the TCFD recommendations.
3. Leverage insights from your peers in solving carbon-related investment challenges.

During the webinar we will explore:

- Key trends shaping climate change related financial risk.
- How to perform scenario analysis.
- Portfolio alignment strategies for a 2°C global warming pathway.
- Reducing 'Carbon price risk' while improving risk-adjusted returns in Local Authority Pension portfolios

For asset owners and asset managers who want to better understand the investment risks and opportunities across asset classes in the transition to a low-carbon economy.

In this webinar, industry experts and investors will examine innovative tools and metrics for accelerating the transition to low-carbon and sustainable investment across asset classes.

Moderator:

Chris Huhne, former UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate; Co-Chair, ET Index Research

Speakers:

Seb Beloe, Head of Research, WHEB Asset Management

Sam Gill, CEO, ET Index Research

Richard Azarnia, Director, Fluktuat family office

Global family offices and high net worth individuals have over US$50 trillion in assets to deploy. By 2025, this asset volume is expected to surpass US$100 trillion. This group represents a powerful force for good in the financing of climate solutions and the transition of the financial system towards low-carbon investments, across all asset classes. This webinar will explore low-carbon investment strategies for private investors in the context of a market transition away from fossil fuels and the economy-wide decarbonisation targets reaffirmed in Marrakech.

Leading private wealth advisors are increasingly being asked to measure the impact of their strategies on climate targets, and to incorporate climate value creation metrics into their investment decision-making.


In this ET Index Research webinar industry experts will explain:

• Why leading wealth advisors are adjusting their strategies across asset classes to capture the upside of a market-led transition to zero carbon energy systems

• How family office investors and their advisors can protect their portfolios through the low carbon transition and use strategic capital deployment to accelerate an economy-wide transition.

• What impact private wealth investment decisions mean for the future of climate change policy action and the market-based transition away from fossil fuels.

Moderator:

James Cameron, Co-Chair, ET Index Research; Founding Partner, SystemiQ; Chairman, Overseas Development Institute

Speakers:

Sir Ed Davey, Chairman, Mongoose Energy

Richard Azarnia, Fluktuat family office

Carl Tishler, Direct Investor, former CIO, Infraventus Group

Sam Gill, CEO, ET Index Research