At the beginning of 2021, the Paris Aligned Investment Initiative Net Zero Investment Framework Implementation Guide and the inaugural version of the Target Setting Protocol of the United Nations-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance were published. This webinar discusses the philosophy and practical recommendations of Net-Zero investment frameworks with a focus on equity portfolio management.
Overview
At the beginning of 2021, the Paris Aligned Investment Initiative (PAII) Net Zero Investment Framework Implementation Guide (the “Framework”) and the inaugural version of the Target Setting Protocol of the United Nations-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (the “Protocol”) were published.
These landmark Net-Zero investment frameworks aim to assist investors in defining investment management strategies that may be presented as being in line with the most ambitious goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and to encourage investors to implement portfolio alignment in a manner that promotes progress in the real economy.
This webinar discusses the philosophy and practical recommendations of Net-Zero investment frameworks with a focus on equity portfolio management.
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Hosts
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 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.
Date/Time:
Tuesday 22 March, 2022.