Risks, returns and the role of the investment manager: addressing the theories around sustainable investing
Foresight Sustainability Series
Release Date: 06/11/2021
Transforming our Sustainability Data Reporting
Foresight Sustainability Series
Earlier this year, we launched our sustainability data platform: PACT (Platform Advacing Change Together) - powered by Salesforce and delivered by PWC. The platform allows us to gain access to AI and data-driven insights to enhance reporting across our global corporate business and private equity portfolio. Businesses are under growing pressure to capture broader ESG data, as new regulations, accounting standards and rules aimed at accelerating the drive to Net Zero come into force. SMEs, which account for 99% of UK businesses, often do not have the resources to effectively manage their...
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Foresight Sustainability Forum: The Big Debrief
Foresight Sustainability Series
The Foresight Sustainability Forum, held over two days at the Eden Project, brought together leading experts and visionaries to address the fundamental challenges facing our planet and explore innovative solutions to these challenges. The event provided a platform for insightful discussions, thought-provoking panel sessions, and enlightening keynote speeches, all aimed at shaping a more sustainable future for our planet. In this episode, Dan James, Development Director at the Eden Project, Lily Billings, Head of Group Sustainability and Henry Morgan, Infrastructure Sustainable Investment Lead...
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What role will hydrogen play in the global energy transition?
Foresight Sustainability Series
Hydrogen is increasingly being recognised as a key player in the transition towards a low-carbon future. As a clean energy carrier, it has the potential to decarbonise a wide range of sectors including transportation, industrial processes, and heating. Hydrogen can be produced using renewable energy sources, such as wind or solar, and can be stored and transported as required. Its versatility and flexibility make it a useful alternative to direct electrification, particularly in hard-to-abate sectors such as heavy industry, aviation and shipping. However, scaling up the use of hydrogen...
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How can a systems thinking approach help us achieve a sustainable future?
Foresight Sustainability Series
Accelerating resource consumption, biodiversity loss and climate change are damaging the planet's ability to support life. In order to secure a sustainable future, we must adopt new ways of thinking and addressing complex problems. System thinking represents one of society’s best bets for making real progress towards the sustainability transition by viewing all natural and human systems as interdependent. In this episode, Sophie Warren, Sustainability Manager at Foresight Group and Lola Bushnell, Sustainable Futures Strategist at Arup, discuss what is meant by system thinking, and...
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Why is soil vital for people and planet health?
Foresight Sustainability Series
Soil is the foundation upon which life is built. Soil puts food on the table, purifies our water, stores vast amounts of the worlds carbon, and protects us against floods and droughts. We are intrinsically linked; when soil’s health is at risk, so is our own. In this episode, Lily Billings, Head of Group Sustainability at Foresight Group discusses why soil is so essential to life, and what needs to be done to protect it with Mark Nason, head of professional practice at the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management. Key Takeaways include: Understanding what soil...
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How social value helps us to measure sustainability
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In this episode, Molly Galloway, Sustainable Investment Associate at Foresight Group discusses the importance of engaging, enabling and empowering people and organisations to work together in the pursuit of social, economic and environmental wellbeing with Guy Battle, CEO of Social Value Portal. Key Takeaways include: Understanding what social value is, and how this differs from the ‘S’ in ESG Addressing the controversial shelving of the EU’s proposed Social Taxonomy Understanding why quantifying social value in financial terms will accelerate capital toward sustainable outcomes Guy...
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The race to net zero – are carbon credits the answer?
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As corporations set net zero targets, they must demonstrate credible science-based strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of their activities. To do this, many companies are buying carbon credits to offset unavoidable and residual emissions on their decarbonisation journeys. As interim emission reduction targets are approaching, corporate demand for carbon credits is increasing. In response to this, the London Stock Exchange launched the Voluntary Carbon Market (“VCM”) in October 2022 to facilitate financing at scale into projects that mitigate climate change and generate carbon...
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Risks, returns and the role of the investment manager: addressing the theories around sustainable investing
Foresight Sustainability Series
In this episode, Hugi Clarke, Partner at Foresight, talks with Simon Holman, Partner at Castlefield, an employee-owned investment and financial advisory group, with a focus on ethical and sustainable investments. The pair discuss the key questions arising around sustainable investment today, and how advisers can be best equipped to help their clients invest with impact, without compromising financial returns.
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Carbon Credit Considerations
Foresight Sustainability Series
In this episode, Natasha Frost, Investment Manager at Foresight, is joined by Rachael Nutter, Director of Nature-Based Solutions at ClimateCare, to explore some of the latest developments in carbon markets, and to provide an introduction for those looking to get to grips with this exciting new field for the first time. ClimateCare is a leading B-Corp which finances and delivers a wide variety of carbon reduction projects across the globe. Today, voluntary carbon markets are experiencing a boom as the wider private sector embarks on a net-zero journey. In this episode, the pair consider...
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Addressing the Global Climate Crisis: In conversation with Jeremy Leggett
Foresight Sustainability Series
Dan Wells, Foresight Infrastructure Partner, talks to social entrepreneur and writer Jeremy Leggett, about the global climate challenge, evolving climate policy in 2021 and his work championing sustainability and more recently rewilding.
info_outlineAs demand for ESG investing spreads across geographies and investor types, the role of the investment manager and their ability to drive change for the future of the planet is in the spotlight now more than ever. In this episode, Hugi Clarke, Partner at Foresight, talks with Simon Holman, Partner at Castlefield, an employee-owned investment and financial advisory group, with a focus on ethical and sustainable investments. The pair discuss the key questions arising around sustainable investment today, and how advisers can be best equipped to help their clients invest with impact, without compromising financial returns.
Key Takeaways include:
- Understanding what ESG means in investment
- How investors can deliver a greener, fairer future without compromising on financial returns
- Navigating the risks of greenwashing
- Addressing some of the issues in the sector including regulation, jargon and reporting
The opinions of speakers are their personal opinions and not necessarily those of the company.