The Investor Agenda

Environmental

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Climate Change

March 20, 2023

The Investor Agenda draws on expertise from across the investor landscape to set out clearly joint expectations in four interlocking areas – corporate engagement, investment, policy advocacy and investor disclosure:

Corporate Engagement: Engaging companies to drive and demonstrate real progress in line with a 1.5-degree Celsius future.

Investment: Managing systemic climate risks in investor portfolios and enabling the transition by shifting capital to value-creating businesses set to succeed in a net-zero future.

Policy Advocacy: Advocating for policies aligned with delivering a just transition to a net-zero economy by 2050 or sooner.

Investor Disclosure: Enhancing investor disclosure to help stakeholders track investor action in line with a 1.5-degree Celsius pathway.

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SBTi

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) drives ambitious climate action in the private sector by enabling companies to set science-based emissions reduction targets.

Carbon Offsets

Carbon offsets are a mechanism that allows individuals, businesses, and governments to reduce their carbon footprint by investing in projects or activities that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The idea behind carbon offsets is that if an entity cannot reduce their emissions directly, they can compensate for their emissions by supporting projects that prevent or reduce GHG emissions in other parts of the world.

NZE

The Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario (NZE Scenario) is a normative scenario that shows a pathway for the global energy sector to achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050, with advanced economies reaching net zero emissions in advance of others.

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Goal 7 is about ensuring access to clean and affordable energy, which is key to the development of agriculture, business, communications, education, healthcare and transportation. The lack of access to energy hinders economic and human development.

Net Zero

Net zero refers to balancing the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted into the atmosphere and the amount removed.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a United Nations body that was established in 1988. Its mandate is to provide policymakers with objective, scientific information on climate change, its impacts, and possible adaptation and mitigation options.