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Exclusion, allocation, engagement: the triumvirate for achieving net zero? Hervé Guez outlines the major role that asset managers and institutional investors have to play to achieve carbon neutrality.
While the "food system" as a whole is a major driver of climate change, the agriculture sector face a challenge of unprecedented magnitude: to undergo a profound transformation to produce more and better with less while reducing its environmental footprint. Within this context, Mirova's environmental impact private equity strategy focuses on proven agro-technologies to lead this transition towards a more sustainable system.
Understanding the markets, investing, engaging in dialogues, measuring impact... Read the new issue of Mirovα: Creating Sustainable Value
This is a methodological document aimed at clarifying how Mirova takes into account sustainable development issues in the framework of the environmental, social and governance analysis in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Check out Mirova Sustainable Equities Team's 2021 Year-End Review & Outlook
We all have a role to play in the environmental and social transition, and neither finance nor the bond markets are an exception. Read this document detailing Mirova's approach to green bonds.
According to the United Nations, 55% of the world’s population now lives in cities, a rate that is expected to rise to 68% by 20501. Given this outlook, with nearly two billion people still without adequate housing2, and with greenhouse gas emissions from buildings accounting for about 20% of global emissions and 36% of European Union emissions3, building and renovating differently is a necessity. Buildings are a massive source of emission reductions: this has been well embedded in public policy, as demonstrated by Fit for 554, which raises the annual renovation target for buildings to 3%5, and provides for the creation of a sector-specific emissions trading scheme and an increase in the percentage of renewable energy used in buildings. Suzanne Senellart and Camille Barré explain how the Mirova Europe Environmental Equity Strategy6 contributes to the achievement of the Fit for 55 objectives, by investing in innovative solutions capable of meeting the challenges of the building sector, whether in terms of energy restraint, greenhouse gas emission reductions, materials used and their recycling, or preservation of biodiversity.
Forests cover almost a third of world land surface, on a decreasing trend as reforestation notably in the West and in Asia does not compensate local deforestation, in South America and Africa. But the rationale for forest expansion is strong, and developing wood-based productions can contribute to meeting some global challenges in various ways. In this context, properly designed and well managed forest plantations should be considered in impact-oriented investment universes, to support the development of a sustainable economy.
