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Climate, Investor-Corporate Engagement | Toolkit

Climate Transition Conversation Guide

1 November 2021 - Companies are setting net zero and other climate commitments in growing numbers to demonstrate their readiness to take action in the face of climate change. However, meaningful details about how these commitments and even climate change itself will affect corporate strategy are scarce. Such clarity is particularly important for assets, companies, and industries in transition. The lack of clarity is impeding market reactions to climate commitments.

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Climate

Recap: CEO Roundtable on Integrating Climate Transitions Into Long-term Strategy

28 October 2021 - On 27 October, FCLTGlobal convened a roundtable discussion of leading global investors and corporate leaders to discuss integrating the climate transition into long-term strategy.

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Climate | Article

Why Climate Strategy Needs to Come Before Climate Reporting

27 October 2021 - A lack of “decision useful” climate disclosures has been a cause for discontent on both sides of the investment value chain.

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Podcast

Going Long Podcast: Christian Sinding, EQT

25 October 2021 - Anticipating new trends is a cornerstone of a long-term approach to investing. Christian Sinding, head of EQT Partners, joins the podcast to discuss how “future-proofing” plays a key role in EQT’s strategy for working with...

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Article

When Boards Should – and Should Not – Lead on Risk Management

21 October 2021 - By Allen He Oversight boards and their investment teams often speak different languages when it comes to risk. The often repeated pattern is one of in depth discussions without clarifying long-term implications – not seeing the...

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Podcast

Going Long Podcast: Charles Emond, CDPQ

12 October 2021 - The head of CDPQ joins the podcast to discuss the organization's unique "double mandate" - providing long-term financial returns for depositors and providing constructive capital to Quebec's economy.

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Climate, Strategy | Article

We Need Consensus On Climate Terminology

12 October 2021 - Thanks to decades of advocacy, some very real climate-related disasters, and meaningful progress on the global policy and regulatory stage, climate consciousness is finally in vogue with mainstream companies and investors.  

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In the News

What a tax on stock buybacks would, and wouldn’t, mean for the bull market

8 October 2021 - President Biden’s spending plan could lead to a tax on stock buybacks, with a Senate plan to add a 2% excise tax potentially raising as much as $100 billion over a decade.

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Climate | In the News

Why Investors Are Skeptical About All Those Big Corporate Climate Pledges

4 October 2021 - On the face of it, climate commitments set the stage for capital to be deployed at scale to decarbonize the global economy. Yet the reality has proved to be more complicated.

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Metrics | Article

Sustainability metrics: why it’s time investors look in the mirror

1 October 2021 - Investors look for sustainability and non-traditional metrics from companies they invest in, but what if they held themselves accountable in the same way? This piece is from a blog series written by members of the Global Future Council on Investing exploring factors shaping the investment portfolio of 2040.

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Incentive Alignment

Recap: Implementation Forum: The Future of Long-term Executive Remuneration Design

1 October 2021 - FCLTGlobal hosted an Implementation Forum on The Future of Long-term Executive Remuneration Design on 23 September to advance the effort and broaden the range of possibilities for change.

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