Net Zero: Actions to stay on track – what, how and when

Adam Gillett, Head of Sustainable Investments at WTW speaks to Isabella Martin, Senior Associate at the Thinking Ahead Institute (TAI) as they argue that addressing climate change sooner rather than later is in the best interests of investors and their beneficiaries. TAI’s paper ‘Pay now or pay later’ covers the evidence behind this in even greater detail.

What is climate transition risk, how do you measure it and how should investors take action? Sarah Hopkins, Head of Equity Solutions, and Matt Scott, Senior Director in the Climate and Resilience Hub, help explain this crucial part of an investors net zero journey.

Carlos Sanchez, Managing Director for the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI) and Monique Mathys-Graaff, Head of Sustainability Solutions, talk about all things physical risk. We are all exposed to climate change but what are the risks to physical assets and how does CCRI look at this? They also discuss their Physical Climate Risk Assessment methodology (PCRAM).

The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) is a global coalition of financial institutions committed to accelerating the transition to a net zero economy. WTW work with GFANZ closely across a number of its workstreams. Anja Ludzuweit from GFANZ and Jeff Chee from WTW compare notes on portfolio alignment – why it is important to consider, how we can measure it and examples of how to tackle it in reality when it comes to measuring climate performance.

Howard Williams is part of the Board of Trustees for LifeSight (WTW’s master trust), the first master trust to embed ESG into its default investment strategies. They have also committed to targeting net zero greenhouse gas emissions across all its default funds by 2050, with a 50% reduction by 2030. Monique Mathys-Graaff discusses with Howard why this is important to the Board of Trustees, how they have approached net zero and what other investors can do on their own journeys.