PA Future

📬 October's PA Future magazine has arrived. This month, we're diving deep into private markets and their unique fit for sustainable investing. With growing opportunities in this space, we explore why investing in private assets requires a specific skillset and how it's making a real impact on social and environmental outcomes. In this issue: 📰 Maria Teresa Zappia, head of sustainability and impact, tells Natalie Kenway how Schroders Capital is shaping the future of sustainable finance through private markets. 📰 Q&A with Downing's Roger Lewis: how engagement can be more meaningful in terms of social and environmental outcomes when investing in private markets. 📰 As private markets are gaining more investor appeal, Patrick Thomas looks at the pros and cons versus public markets. Access your complimentary copy now: https://lnkd.in/dkeqAcgR #PAFmagazine #privatemarkets #sustainableinvesting

BeZero Carbon has launched the BeZero Carbon Portfolio Rating — an industry-first carbon credit portfolio rating framework. The portfolio rating assesses the likelihood that a given basket of carbon credits achieves one tonne of CO2 reduced or removed for each portfolio credit issued. Author: Holly Downes https://lnkd.in/euNvkxn5 Sebastien Cross #CarbonCredits #InvestmentPortfolio #Decarbonisation

MSCI Inc. has appointed Richard Mattison as head of ESG and climate, effective from 29 October. Mattison previously served as president of S&P Global’s sustainability unit. Author: Michael N. https://lnkd.in/eVPVBsmR

Bloomberg has launched its latest Bloomberg Terminal tool, featuring biodiversity indicators underpinned by the Natural History Museum’s Biodiversity Intactness Index. The tool is designed to offer investors a comprehensive assessment of nature-related impacts and dependencies across a company and its value chain for up to 45,000 companies. Author: Michael N. https://lnkd.in/ehmc8QpM Christian O'Dwyer, CFA #Nature #NaturalCapital #Biodiversity

Closer collaboration between investors and academia could help build a more robust and resilient financial system, writes Insight Investment's Robert Sawbridge. https://lnkd.in/eg9_RG_3 #ClimateChange #Outcomes #Research

The global impact investing market is estimated to have grown to $1.6trn, according to The Global Impact Investing Network. Author: Michael N. https://lnkd.in/eK3izXej Amit Bouri, Dr. Marc Moser #ImpactInvesting

City Hive has relaunched its cross-company mentoring scheme in partnership with EnCircle Mentoring Circles to support the investment industry’s diverse talent pipeline. Federated Hermes and WHEB Asset Management have already confirmed their sponsorship of the scheme Author: Michael N. https://lnkd.in/eqSjJ8eY Bhavini ‘Bev’ Shah, Justin Onuekwusi, CFA, Esther Muschamp #Diversity #Inclusion #FinancialServices

abrdn, Banco de Bogotá and Manulife Investment Management are the latest financial services firms to report in line with Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) recommendations, as the organisation reveals a 57% increase in the number of Adoptees since the first formal announcement in January 2024. Author: Michael N. https://lnkd.in/ebrAGQ33 David Craig, Sarah Moody, Brian Kernohan #Nature #Biodiveristy #FinancialDisclosure

Concerns are being raised talks at #COP16 on how to mobilise billions of dollars to halt biodiversity loss are stuck, with only a few countries pledging millions of pounds at the summit in Colombia. Author: Natalie Kenway https://lnkd.in/efwt7Bwy Bernadette Fischler Hooper, Irene Wabiwa, Alexandra Pinzon #NaturalCapital #Biodiversity

While much of the pre-Budget discussion has been around the ominous rumours of tax rises, sustainable investors are hoping for some as-yet unveiled ‘rabbit out of the hat’ moments that could spur the UK’s green ambitions. Here, PA Future covers some of the measures that investors feel are needed to fully appreciate “the interconnectedness between economics, environment, society, policy, consumer behaviour and education”. https://lnkd.in/eBd6v_w3 Åse Bergstedt, James Alexander, UK Finance #Budget #Sustainability