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It has become commonplace to include sustainability metrics in investment thinking. The drivers for this are both ethical and pragmatic: Trustees naturally want to do the right thing; and assessing whether holdings might have business models at risk of climate-related regulatory action, or carry reputational risk through energy consumption now form part of the risk/return calculation. The same applies with bonds.
However, that doesn’t make it easy. There are huge challenges in achieving visibility of emissions. TCFD has arrived for some schemes already, and it’s coming down the track for many more. How are trustees reacting to these new reporting requirements? More broadly, do they believe that there’s a strong business case for sustainable investment? And is engagement or disinvestment the better tool for effecting change?
In this web seminar, we unveil research conducted amongst Trustees of over 100 schemes, and our expert panel debates how to navigate the challenges ahead.
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Jonathan is editor of Professional Pensions and has been reporting on UK occupational pensions since 2001. He has won a number of awards during his career, most recently the SPP Trade Journalist of the Year Award in 2019. He is also holder of the PMI's Retirement Provision Certificate.
Matthew is responsible for working with Aviva Investors’ UK institutional clients, with a focus on corporate and local government pension schemes.
Prior to joining Aviva Investors, Matthew spent five years at Pioneer Investments as part of the UK Institutional Business Development Team. Prior to this he spent two years with DIAM International and four years with Henderson Global Investors.
He is Non-executive Director and a Board member of AIMSE Europe.
Mathew holds a BSocSc in Economics from the University of Birmingham and passed the Investment Management Certificate in 2000.
Mitchell is a Senior Research Analyst with Incisive Works, and has 8 years of experience running both qualitative and quantitative market research projects in the institutional and retail investment sectors.
Roger is a Director of Ross Trustees and a chair of many trustee boards, and investment sub-committees, of various shapes and sizes.
He is a Past President of the Society of Pension Professionals, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and has been a member of various industry groups, including TPR’s Stakeholder Advisory Panel and Chair of the PLSA’s Multi Employer DB Committee.
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