Name: Financial Exclusions Tracker
Start: 2023-12-13T15:30:00Z
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An upswing of data that suggests that there is a relationship between the financial performance of a portfolio and sustainability led to increased interest of investors in ESG funds. As the evidence compiled, there has been more and more pressure put on companies to disclose what are their risks and opportunities related to ESG. The concerted effort of policymakers, standards setters, and regulators helps to increase standardisation – but can an ESG Fund that uses standardised data outperform? Theoretically, standardised data should be already priced in. And what exactly do we mean, when we say an “ESG Fund” when discussing if it outperforms (or underperforms)? And does an improvement in the ESG fund’s performance reflect an improvement in the environmental factors in the real economy, considering that climate metrics can be influenced not only by the actual emissions of companies in the portfolio, but by portfolio managers’ decisions, and other financial variables? Changes to the weight in the portfolio or companies’ enterprise values will impact a climate-related investment strategy but may do little to reduction of emissions in the real economy. The result can be similar in the implementation of a divestment strategy.
What Climate/ESG metrics do you use to assess and monitor your portfolio?
Can you achieve alpha through ESG?
Does your Carbon Footprinting attribution reflect what is happening in the real economy?
Will the data that you are using stand up to audit?
 
These and many more questions we will discuss with Guido Giese, MSCI’s Global Head of Research for ESG and Climate Solutions, who leads applied research and thought leadership on ESG integration and impact and climate investing.
Moderated by Dana Hanby, Managing Director, ESG Nexus

Alpha in ESG

Business decisions taken today will impact not only the ability to transition to Net-Zero, but also the ability to properly address the Physical Climate risks. As the physical impacts of Climate Change increase in severity and frequency, the resulting losses related to the cost of damage to physical assets and lost revenues could be significant. The need for insights into how physical climate change may impact corporate assets and investments is clear. Investors require granular data to be able to make informed financial decisions and remain competitive. They must consider a range of mechanisms through which physical climate risks impact their investment across the value chain globally. They are also required to disclose their exposure to physical and transition risks. 
- But, what data and tools are available for investors and corporations to assess their exposure to physical climate risks? 
- What is the quality and the reliability of this data? & what is it exactly that these metrics cover (and what they do not cover?)
- What are the most exposed sectors to physical climate risk?
- Can we benchmark companies for Asset Damage Risk, Productive Capacity Loss, High Risk Assets and other metrics? 
- How does physical risk differ across the regions…and are there any ‘surprises’ there? 
- How do the risks change depending on scenarios used for the assessment & And what RCP scenarios should be used? 
Please join our conversation with Toby Messier, MD, Director, Commercialisation, Physical Risk at Morningstar, to explore these and many more questions. 
Moderated by Dana Hanby, Managing Director, ESG Nexus

Physical Climate Risk to Corporate Assets and Investment Portfolios

Launched in 2019, the UK’s Green Finance Strategy aims to establish the UK as a centre for international green finance and to align the financial sector and capital flows with the delivery of global and domestic climate and environmental objectives. The implementation of Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) forms a major part of the strategy and aims at addressing the information gap for market participants, ensuring a flow of decision-useful sustainability information, and improving transparency. Market participants, however, have been waiting for the publication of the sustainability disclosure rules by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who postponed it twice, likely due to the volume and complexity of consultation feedback and potentially “suboptimal” interrelationship with other regimes – eg. European and US regulations.
What is the latest on the UK’s SDR ?
How does it relate to SFDR, ISSB, and the SEC’s climate disclosure rule?
Will it eliminate ‘greenwashing”? …and what about “green-hashing”?
What does it mean for both international and the UK’s Financial Sector and Corporations?
Please join our discussion with James Alexander, the CEO of UKSIF, Chair of GSIA (Global Sustainable Investment Alliance), Treasurer of Eurosif, and the winner of the award for Outstanding Individual Contribution to the ESG investment industry.
Moderated by Dana Hanby, Managing Director, ESG Nexus

Latest on the UK's Sustainability Regulations

Even though it feels that Governance was with us “forever”, until 2021 there was no international benchmark for good corporate governance. Earlier this year (on 28th June), we discussed with Carolynn Chalmers – co-editor of ISO 37000 and the CEO of the Good Governance Academy – the principles of ISO37000 on Governance; how ISO37000 addresses Sustainability and Double Materiality; the role of data in governance; and went into greater detail of ISO37000 and why it matters to leaders. 
(this discussion is available on demand https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/18712/586965?utm_source=DanaHanby&utm_medium=brighttalk&utm_campaign=586965) 
This is however a dynamic space and at the G20 Summit on 9-10 September, G20 and OECD launched the revised Corporate Governance Principles, which in the words of the OECD Secretary General “mark a significant, renewed international consensus and strong desire from all OECD and G20 Members to strengthen guidance on companies’ sustainability and resilience, to help them support the green transition and adapt to climate risks”. 
Vice-Minister of Finance for International Affairs who chaired the revision added that “The Principles aim to help companies access financing from capital markets, protect investors, and make companies, and hence economies, more resilient. 

- What are the revised G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance
- Who are they for?
- How do they differ from ISO 37000 Principles? 
- What are ISO 37004 and ISO 37006 – and should you know about them? 

Please join our discussion with Carolynn Chalmers, co-editor of ISO37000 on Governance, the CEO of the Good Governance Academy and the ESG Exchange 
Moderated by Dana Hanby – Managing Director – ESG Nexus

Spotlight on Governance in ESG – G20/OECD Principles

“Why are we wasting most of the energy and food in the world?”
Why can’t renewables and vegetables save the world?
Why is what we are doing making things worse?"
These are just a few questions asked by Jonathan Maxwell in his recently published book “The Edge”. Many people now know that seven of nine planetary boundaries have been surpassed by humans. In this urgent situation, businesses and governments have been committing to Net Zero, yet few had a chance to map out exactly what such commitments mean in practice. In the meantime, about 70% of the world’s energy, 50% of food, and 30% of water are being wasted in the “cradle-to-grave cycles”. 
We need many solutions to get to Net Zero, but how do you set priorities to ensure that we get there “in time”? And how do you direct your investment? 
“The Edge” seeks to establish a framework to explain what is happening in the world today. And the author, Jonathan Maxwell, will share with us what he has learnt about the mindsets of government, big business and finance at times when the realisation of what it means to get to Net Zero puts a rift in the consensus of how to get there. 
Jonathan, who trained at Oxford University as a modern historian and has become a professional investor, put everything on the line to follow his conviction. In 2007, he set up Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL) and is the CEO of this independent investment firm with over two billion of investment capital. 
- How is his conviction reflected in his investment strategy?
- How does he stay true to his conviction at times of raising interest rates, inflation, and price shocks in commodities? 
- How does he consider supply chain interactions in his investments? 
- Why does he feel that the way we talk about climate and the environment can backfire?
These and many more questions we will explore with Jonathan Maxwell, CEO and Founder of SDCL, and author of the book  “The Edge”.
Moderated by Dana Hanby, Managing Director, ESG Nexus

Investing on “THE EDGE”

Insurance is a crucial part of the capital stack; nothing gets invested unless it is insured. As such, Insurance has not only an important role to play in helping other forms of capital (debt and equity) be deployed but can also powerfully influence corporates in their transition to become more sustainable.
The insurance industry has a significant exposure to climate change, most obviously through more frequent or intense weather events, but also increasingly through management and profession liabilities. 
Regulatory headwinds made many Insurers exit Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), and re-consider their value proposition in some regions.
• So how do Insurers pursue decarbonisation goals?
• What is the impact of regulation on Insurers?
• How can Insurers transfer risks and which markets do they enter/exit?
• What new products are being developed?
• What is the need for new technologies and ESG data?
These and many other questions we will explore with our excellent panel:
Linda Freiner – Group Head of Sustainability – Zurich Insurance
Julian Richardson – CEO – Parhelion Underwriting
Justin Cheng – ESG Senior Research Analyst, Insurance, Asset Management and Real Estate – Morningstar-Sustainalytics
Daniel Stander – Deputy Chair & Member of the Board of Directors – Resilient Cities Network
Moderated by Dana Hanby – Managing Director – ESG Nexus

ESG in Insurance

A Conversation with Carolynn Chalmers – editor of ISO 37000 on Governance

Incidents that lead to significant downgrades in ESG ratings or a dramatic fall in the share price of some corporations are often related to Governance. Breaches of Environmental and Social commitments are also likely linked to inadequate Governance. Yet often the “G” of the ESG seems to be taken for granted, maybe because it ‘predates’ Environmental and Social risks and key governance indicators may cover information that is already included in the corporate disclosure. 
- However, what constitutes good Governance? 
- What is the nature and role of Governance within the ESG framework?
- What is the guidance of ISO 37000 on Governance?
- How does it work with national codes and standards and what does it mean for multinational companies?
- What are the governance metrics in ESG?
- How are stakeholders’ views accounted for? 

Please join the conversation with Carolynn Chalmers the CEO of Good Governance Academy and the ESG Exchange Initiative
Moderated by Dana Hanby – Managing Director – ESG Nexus

Spotlight on “Governance” in ESG

Biodiversity loss was one of the top three risks identified in the World Economic Forum’s 2022 Global Risk Report. The risks are getting the attention of regulators, policymakers, and public and private market participants, however, biodiversity risk incidents are still rising and not many companies have actually undertaken materiality assessments on environmental risks beyond climate change. Even though already 6 years ago, the world’s most significant forums for the promotion of biodiversity conservation concluded that “current public funding was far less than that required to support effective conservation action globally. [And...] enhanced private-sector engagement was desperately needed” (*), the progress on biodiversity finance appear to be still elusive. “Like the financial crisis, the tragedy on the horizon represents a crisis of valuation and values.”(**) The list of challenges to account for biodiversity in business models appear to be long, in the meantime "it is only once the rainforest is cleared and a cattle herd or soya plantation is placed on the newly opened land that the Amazon region begins to have market value. The cost to the climate and biodiversity of destroying rainforest appear on no ledger”. (**)

-       Do current business models support biodiversity conservation?
-       What is the current status quo for private-sector engagement in biodiversity?  
- Can Markets provide a solution? 
- What are the latest recommendations of TNFD? 
- What approach do companies and the Financial Sector take to prevent biodiversity loss?
These and many more questions we will discuss with our excellent panel
Tanya Dos Santos – Global Head of Sustainability - Investec 
Robert Fletcher – Professor, Sociology of Development and Change, Wageningen University & Author of “Failing Forward – The Rise and Fall of Neoliberal Conservation”
Paul Roper – Head of Project & Funding Delivery; Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
Sonny Duijn - Thematic Economist - ABN AMRO

Biodiversity loss – do we have the right business models to prevent it?

At the end of last year, the European Council gave its final approval to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which is a part of the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Finance Agenda. CSRD introduces mandatory corporate reporting on a vast range of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues and hopes to fill the gaps in the existing rules on non-financial information. The reports must capture not only the ESG issues of the corporations themselves but also include the impact of their value chain. This global-in-nature Directive does not give companies’ details as to what they will need to report at the group level however it comes with the requirement that the reports must be auditable. This means that processes, internal risks, and controls are raised in importance – and many hope – that these will get on par with the Financial Reporting.  In the meantime, Financial Institutions and Corporations alike are concerned about data quality and availability, skills and capabilities across the business to be able to deal with the requirements, and the possibility of litigations. 
What are the requirements of the CSRD and the EU Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)? & How do both CSRD and ESRS relate to each other?
What is the impact of CSRD on large multinational companies?
How do you ensure consistent, complete, and accurate data over time from all group companies?
How are the processes and the resource allocations changing to ensure compliance? And is this a ‘compliance game’? 
We will be discussing these questions and many more with our excellent panel:
Carolynn Chalmers – CEO – The ESG Exchange and Good Governance Academy
Juliette Gaussem – Head of ESG Reporting – Signify
Dr Susann Funke – CEO – LEX AI
Travis Miller – Head of Supply Chain Compliance and Social Responsibility - Google
Moderated by Dana Hanby - Managing Director - ESG Nexus

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Regulations – what are the implications?

For some time Hydrogen has been viewed as one of the key building blocks on the path towards Net Zero. However, the recent conflict in Ukraine has added momentum to the development of energy strategies that involve hydrogen. The selection of existing technologies for hydrogen production and the possibility of centralized and de-centralized applications makes hydrogen an attractive value proposition in the energy strategies, but are we ready for its implementation? As in the case for scaling up electric vehicles, the hydrogen market needs efficient infrastructure, with good transport, distribution, and storage. But is there capital that supports these requirements?
- What are the expectations of the Market for hydrogen? 
- How is the ‘hydrogen as a global commodity’ story developing? 
- Do we have policies that support the implementation of hydrogen? 
- Should we be concerned about the water use or CO2 emitted as a by-product?
- How is the demand and supply shaping? And which market segments would have the greatest demand for hydrogen? 
- Are the recent changes in prices and availability of Natural Gas impacting the cost of production of hydrogen and affecting its attractiveness?
- Have we now decided that it is the ‘green’ hydrogen that we want? 
- What are the trends?

These and many more questions we will discuss with our excellent panel: 
Dr Susann Funke – CEO & Legal Officer – LEX AI
Prof Dr Stefan Ulreich – Biberach University of Applied Science
David McNeil – Head of RI Research – Insight Investment

HYDROGEN – Inevitable or Illusion ?

The volume of regulatory requirements related to ESG can sometimes be daunting. And this applies to both - the Financial Sector and Investee Companies. Only this year, the Financial Sector needs to get to grips with the requirements under the TCFD, MifidII, while absorbing the implementation of EU taxonomy and preparing for phase two of the SFDR. On the other side of Atlantic, alongside its new proposals, the SEC is increasing its scrutiny regarding disclosure practices involving ESG investments. Yet experts warn that the lack of expertise to make these disclosures may be causing investors to be presented with misleading information on the sustainability of their portfolios and so exposing Asset Managers to mis-selling and misclassifying risks.
Corporations face pressure from investors and financiers alike for high quality, verifiable disclosures. The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which will be replacing the NFRD, sets a clear direction of travel for Corporate Disclosures. Yet, what does it mean in practice?
 
• How prepared are organisations for the implementation of the regulatory requirements? 
• Does the implementation of disclosure regulations, change the strategy and operations of an organisation? What is the impact on the organisational Structure and what are the timelines?  
• What metrics should be used? How verifiable are they? 
• What are the sources of ESG data, and does the cost matter? 
• How do you ensure consistency of ESG claims across departments? How do you approach Supply Chains? 
• What are the Regulator’s expectations? 
 
These and many more questions will be explored with our excellent panel:
Carolynn Chalmers – CEO – Good Governance Academy and ESG Exchange Initiative
Tjeerd Krumpelman – Global Head of Advisory, Reporting & Engagement, Group Sustainability, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Mark Manning – Sustainable Finance and Stewardship – Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Moderated by Dana Hanby – Managing Director – ESG Nexus

ESG Disclosure Regulations and Implementation Challenges and Solutions

At the time of exponential growth of ESG funds, it is more important than ever for investors to be able to distinguish genuine responsible investment from greenwashing (and greenwishing). Europe’s new rules on sustainable finance (such as Taxonomy and SFDR) are meant to help investors to do exactly that. Yet many fear that the ambiguity of wording in some articles and the complexity related to implementation have been making the situation worse before it can get any better. On the other side of the Atlantic, the U.S. SEC announced the release of proposals for climate disclosures for the U.S. public companies. Firms, however, are struggling to access the ESG credentials of relevant portfolio companies, especially at the level of granularity needed to meet the regulatory requirements.  
• How do you navigate through regulatory requirements in different jurisdictions? 
• Do we have sufficient information to manage ESG risks in portfolios and identify opportunities? 
• What methodologies work for different sectors and asset classes? 
• Does the use of derivatives make a Financial Institution look greener? 
• We see acquisitions and the consolidation of data and analytics providers – does it change the availability and quality of data?
• How to evidence that an organisation has sufficient expertise to manage ESG products and risks? & and what is the legal basis for it? 
• Asset Managers are creating products, but Clients are advised on portfolios – what are the challenges? 
These and many other questions we will discuss with our excellent panellists:
Elena Philipova – Director, ESG Proposition – London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
Philip Vernardis – Vice President, Global Lead of Asset Stewardship Reporting – State Street Global Advisors
Emily Gaston – Research Analyst – The Value Reporting Foundation (VRF) previously SASB
Kyra Brown – Regulatory Development Manager – Aviva Investors
Moderated by Dana Hanby – Managing Director – ESG Nexus

ESG Data vs. Regulatory and Investors Requirements – Part2

Given the lack of clarity around the legal definition of ESG, the American Bar Association (ABA) reached out to elite practitioners and Yale University to define what ESG is and how companies should manage programs and disclosures.  In our discussion, we will define, identify drivers, and dive into the business and legal considerations of ESG. We will focus on creating a defined guide that highlights the steps a business can take to meet emerging risks and the value of the implemented non-financial risk management programs.  The content for the discussion is based on the research and findings from practitioners and Yale academics who have been engaged by the American Bar Association (ABA) to review the legal landscape of ESG.  The program will highlight emerging laws and business trends and tie them to disclosure standards and actual business systems presented through practitioner experiences and cases.
 - we will explore how defining materiality for your organization is the key first step to ESG.
- give the perspective on how the multi-layers of international ESG requirements will require careful planning and deployment.
- forecast the future regulatory requirements that are emerging and will drive work over the course of the next several years.
These and other topics will be discussed by our expert panellists.
- Todd Cort, Yale Professor
- Travis Miller, General Counsel Assent Inc.
- Moderated by Dana Hanby, Managing Director ESG Nexus

Considerations of the Legal ESG Landscape for the American Bar Association

At the time of exponential growth of ESG funds, it is more important than ever for investors to be able to distinguish genuine responsible investment from greenwashing (and greenwishing). Europe’s new rules on sustainable finance (such as Taxonomy and SFDR) are meant to help investors to do exactly that. Yet many fear that the ambiguity of wording in some articles and the complexity related to implementation have been making the situation worse before it can get any better. Firms are struggling to access the ESG credentials of relevant portfolio companies, especially at the level of granularity needed to meet EU requirements.  
Assessing the ESG risks that range from products and infrastructure to supply chains can often be problematic when access to the breadth and depth of data needed about the underlying assets is poor; opinions of data and rating providers differ; and we are dealing with many jurisdictions.
• What are data and information challenges to manage ESG risks in portfolios and to identify opportunities? And what are the approaches to navigate through them? 
• Does the use of derivatives make a Financial Institution look greener? And what methodologies work for different asset classes? 
• We see acquisitions and the consolidation of data and analytics providers – does it change their ESG value proposition? and the market’s access to data? 
• Distributors – are they friends or foes?  
• How do you ensure that ESG data becomes consistent, transparent, and decision-useful knowledge throughout the organisation? 
• What are the recommendations from IOSCO and regulators?
These and many other questions we will discuss with our excellent panellists:
Kyra Brown – Regulatory Development Manager – Aviva Investors
Cecilia Siegbahn – Senior ESG Regulatory Expert - Nordea Asset Management
Michael Maldener – CEO - Sustaide 
Achim Stefan Karle - Vice President, Global Equity and Index Sales - Eurex
Moderated by Dana Hanby – Managing Director – ESG Nexus

ESG Data vs. Regulations and Investors Requirements

An increasing number of investors recognise that Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) poses a systemic risk to portfolios and to broader society. Yet despite growing recognition of AMR, and scary headlines warning of between 700,000 to 10Million deaths a year by 2050, the feedback on discussions about the use of antimicrobials in the value creation chain still includes words like “surprising” and “eye-opening”.
To remain effective, antibiotics should be used for a short period of time and made affordable to patients who need them.  These characteristics draw little interest from Venture Capital and do not support investment in R&D. In fact, the situation is often described as a broken business model that would require a ‘delinking’ of the reward paid to drug developers from the revenues derived directly from their sales. The problem is global and the risks are interconnected. The solutions? – Please join a conversation with Lord Jim O’Neill, the Chair of the UK’s Independent Review into Antimicrobial Resistance (completed in 2016), who also co-authored “Superbugs: An Arms Race against Bacteria” – a comprehensive follow-up to the Review. 

Jim O’Neill is a Member of House of Lords in the UK and a senior advisor of the Council of Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs.  He is a renowned economist, an Honorary Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester, and former Head of global economics research with Goldman Sachs. In 2010, he was named chairman of Goldman Sachs’ Asset Management, where he managed over $800 billion in assets by leveraging his global perspective on world markets. Lord O’Neill is well known for coining the BRICs acronym, which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, and China – the four rapidly developing countries that have come to symbolise the shift in global economic power away from the G7 economies. He was appointed Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, with the primary role of working on the ‘Northern Powerhouse’ project.

Lord Jim O’Neill on AMR as financial and systemic risks

Protein production is a complex sector worth over 1.6 trillion in revenue.  Demand for meat is growing globally, yet the industry is the root of the most serious systemic worldwide challenges.  Animal agriculture contributes to more GHG emissions than the entire global transport sector; it is responsible for over 80% of Amazon deforestation and pollutes our soils and freshwater systems with poor waste management.  
The latest iteration of the Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index shows that much more still needs to be done to address environmental risks but also demonstrates improvement, as 87% of companies had a better score in 2021 vs. 2020.

Following the COP26 announcements addressing Net Zero Commitments, Deforestation Pledges, Methane Reduction Targets, and Innovation, we will explore the role of global protein producers in achieving climate objectives and the importance of data and transparency as an essential component in risk assessment for investors. explore:

• Waste management, its impact on global methane ambitions & the management of potential pollutants.
• Intensive animal production’s exposure to financial and regulatory risks.
•	The role of animal agriculture to respond to environmental concerns. 
•	Reporting and traceability in the life cycle management and investors expectations

Maria Lettini, Executive Director of FAIRR will be joined by Juan Mier, Portfolio Analyst at Lazard to answers these questions in a live interview moderated by Dana Hanby, Managing Director at  ESG Nexus .

The FAIRR Initiative, founded by Jeremy Coller in 2015, is a collaborative investor network focusing on ESG risks and opportunities in the global food sector. It is supported by investors and asset owners with over $47 trillion in combined AUM. Through cutting-edge research, FAIRR helps its members to navigate the risks posed by an increasingly vulnerable livestock sector and enables them to exercise their influence as responsible stewards of capital.

Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index – Food for thought for Investors & Consumers

The problem of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is not new. Over five years ago, Professor Dame Sally Davies, UK Chief Medical Officer said, “We have reached a critical point and must act now on a global scale to slow down antimicrobial resistance”. Excessive and unnecessary use of antibiotics in agriculture is one of the key factors contributing to this crisis. Yet, when talking about the animal agriculture sector, investors tend to focus on emission reduction, deforestation, and recently also alternative proteins. AMR is a systemic global risk to public health and the economy. The estimated cost in terms of lost global production could reach USD $100 trillion by 2050 if we do not take action. So what do investors need to know about it?  -  What are the risks of antibiotics and other antimicrobials in animal agriculture?  - How does the manufacturing, marketing and sales of antimicrobials catalyse these risks?  - How to assess portfolio exposure to antibiotics?  - What is the investor case for engagement?  - What are the challenges in the value creation chain? Join us to discuss these and many more questions with Jo Raven - Senior Manager, Research & Engagement, FAIRR, the co-author of “Feeding Resistance – Antimicrobial stewardship in the animal health industry” Moderated by Dana Hanby – Managing Director – ESG Nexus  The FAIRR Initiative, which was founded by Jeremy Coller in 2015, is a collaborative investor network focusing on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities in the global food sector. It is currently supported by investors and asset owners with over $45 trillion in combined assets . Through cutting-edge research, FAIRR helps its members to navigate the risks posed by an increasingly vulnerable animal protein sector and enables them to exercise their influence as responsible stewards of capital.

Do overuse of antibiotics and animal health matter to investors?

Investors have become increasingly concerned about the risks of companies with poor ESG performance. Such companies could become very hard to sell and adversely affect the financial performance of a portfolio. Competitive positioning and public perceptions may be affected along the way. Wouldn't therefore be useful to have a database of companies that have been excluded by Pension Funds, Asset Managers, Insurance companies and Banks? It would provide not only much-needed transparency but could also put additional pressure on those identified companies to change their practices.
A new website launched last month by a coalition of NGOs provides exactly that – a list of companies that are blacklisted by investors. It also includes a classification of reasons for the exclusions.
To date, the tracker lists a total of 4532 companies that have been excluded by 87 Financial Institutions in 16 countries. The most common reason for exclusion is Climate/fossil fuels, followed by controversial weapons, and tobacco.
Kees Kodde – Project Lead Fair Finance International – and a co-author of the “Financial Exclusions Tracker” will show us how to use the tool. Please join us on Wednesday 13th December at 3:30 pm GMT to learn more about the FINANCIAL EXCLUSIONS TRACKER
Moderated by Dana Hanby, Managing Director, ESG Nexus.

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