Climate In Sight – Build lasting change in your organisation

TAI member exclusive. This piece considers whether it is now time to stop exploring for new fossil fuel sources.

TAI member exclusive. The discussion here relates to the winding down of fossil fuels. Arguably, the most high-profile use of the terms was in the concluding statement for COP26.

Our pledge. We commit to targeting net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at the latest, with a 50% reduction by 2030, in our fully discretionary delegated investment portfolios.

Organizations have an opportunity and responsibility to make a difference around the environmental, social and governance (ESG) agenda, and retirement plans are no exception.

Climate change is rapidly rising up the agenda for pension scheme trustees and sponsors, as it is for society as a whole. Here we examine the risks and opportunities that climate change presents for schemes.

Climate change is already impacting investment markets and this will only increase. How is this impacting your members’ journey to retirement? How can you help them to the destination reliably and on time?

TAI member exclusive. Tim Hodgson describes the importance of investment beliefs, how the climate beliefs working group formed and their operation as a superteam.

TAI member exclusive. It is received wisdom that an organisations’ greatest asset is its people, but it is less well understood how this asset can be applied to addressing our industry’s greatest challenge: sustainability and particularly climate change.

In our latest series of virtual masterclasses we focus on supporting your ESG goals as part of your people agenda.

A starter guide to climate change for HR leaders. Download our Making an Impact – Climate Change Guide to access practical tips and support, broken down into three key areas, to help your organisation build a climate-resilient future.

Key considerations for HR professionals and pension Schemes.

Tim Hodgson, co-founder of the Thinking Ahead Institute, and Matt Stoughton-Harris discus the task that the investment industry faces in response to climate change.

There has never been more focus on the ramifications of climate change and yet it seems that the investment industry is not acting swiftly or definitively enough to address them.

Jessica Gao and Marisa Hall discuss the important role that culture will to play for investment organisations facing up to the climate crisis.

Katie Sims covers investments linked to the theme of long-term climate change: solar power, agriculture and forestry. Within this overarching theme of climate change, different investment structures are available, across the full spectrum of risk and return.

Drawing strategic inspiration from the Rubik’s Cube, Monique Mathys-Graaff talks about the use of organisational processes and how solutions can be socialised across the industry with systems-level thinking.