Evaluating Climate and Sustainability Performance

The global transition to a net zero economy is a costly endeavour, requiring trillions of dollars of investment in clean energy and climate-related businesses. Capital is available for the right opportunities, however investors need strong returns and meaningful information about the climate risks faced by the companies they invest in, and adequate tools to assess if they are performing in line with their strategies. This will enable a full picture of enterprise value, allowing investors to manage the risk of their own portfolios and meet their fiduciary duties to clients. 

Investors are clamouring for reliable, comparable and decision-useful information to guide their investments, and a multitude of new standards and regulations - from the SEC, EU, UK, ISSB and global jurisdictions - have recently been launched or are due to land this year. Yet the quality of information currently available to investors is often wanting and frameworks put forward to help assess climate and sustainability performance are viewed by many as overly prescriptive or simplistic. 

This exclusive Financial Times Dinner Briefing will bring together thought leaders, members of the financial community and industry experts to discuss how companies can provide investors with meaningful data that brings real insight into climate and sustainability-related performance.

Investor Needs

Will new disclosure rules bring the consistency, comparability, and decision-useful information for investors that they are designed to deliver?

Scope 3 Emissions

Is scope 3 emissions data an effective tool that provides the full picture of a company's performance?

Opportunity

Does an opportunity remain to reassess how performance is captured across companies? If so, how do we best capture this before it is too late?

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