The first in a series of three webinars on the topic of "Climate Change: The Devil is in the Details" examines whether Scope 3 will adequately select stocks based on their climate performance. Investors should treat the integration of value chain considerations into asset selection with extreme caution. This webinar shows why we recommend that concerned investors advocate for Scope 3 accounting in their policy and issuer engagements.
Overview
Webinar 1 of the "Climate Change: The Devil is in the Details" series
As part of its webinar series on "Climate Change: The Devil is in the Details", Scientific Beta is very pleased to present a series of three webinars.
This first webinar looks at why investors should treat the integration of value chain considerations into asset selection with extreme caution lest they should encourage greenwashing. We suggest that value chain emissions may be used to guide overall policy, implement sector allocation or initiate engagement with companies. Additionally, value chain considerations may still be included into asset selection via specific, security-level performance metrics and/or corporate commitment to decarbonisation.
At this webinar, we show why we recommend that concerned investors advocate for Scope 3 accounting in their policy and issuer engagements.
Hosts
Erik Christiansen, ESG & Low Carbon Solutions Specialist, Scientific Beta
Erik Christiansen is an ESG & Low Carbon Solutions Specialist with Scientific Beta. He was previously Head of Investment Strategy with the Etablissement de Retraite Additionnelle de la Fonction Publique (ERAFP), the mandatory pension scheme for French civil servants, where he was responsible for implementing the equity and ESG strategies. He has also previously worked as a Methodology Coordinator and Analyst at Vigeo Eiris, the ESG rating agency. Erik holds a Master’s degree in Management from the ESCP Business School and is a CFA charterholder.
Frédéric Ducoulombier, ESG Director, Scientific Beta
Frédéric Ducoulombier is ESG Director at Scientific Beta. From 2015 to 2019, he was in charge of risk and compliance for Scientific Beta having previously served EDHEC Business School’s risk and investment management research centre for 10 years as the founding Director of EDHEC-Risk Institute’s executive education arm and of EDHEC Risk Institute–Asia. At EDHEC, he also taught economics and finance, managed graduate programmes and served as Deputy Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Deputy Associate Dean of Research and Development. His research and advocacy work has focused on the purported risks of exchange traded funds, the governance and transparency of financial indices, non-financial risks in the fund management industry, smart beta and factor investing and the integration of environmental, social and governance criteria into investment. He was a member of the Consultative Working Group of the ESMA Financial Innovation Standing Committee from February 2015 to January 2017.