Net Zero Investment Consultants Initiative Progress Report, November 2024

Integrating net zero across our firm is a journey, not an event. The way the investment world understands climate has been steadily evolving, and as the industry has developed its thinking, we have been evolving our processes and capabilities.

Nearly 20% of our clients by assets have included net zero objectives in their investment policy, which means they are also concerned with the impact of their portfolio on the climate.

They want to contribute to the solution, thus mitigating long-term damage to all portfolios and the economy as a whole. This report addresses how we are supporting those clients and helping others seeking to join them, through authentic and realistic policy setting as well as return-focused implementation.

We do not believe that clients have to choose between long-term portfolio returns and contributing to emissions reduction; rather, the two can be aligned.

Read the full report here.