Taking a broader and more global perspective, meanwhile, Chamberlayne’s team decided to up the ante on tackling climate change.
With low carbon investing central to its philosophy, the Global Sustainable Equity Team joined the Net Zero Carbon 10 initiative. This enables investment managers to better align their investment policies to the requirement for carbon neutrality, rather than just emissions reduction. The approach focuses on net zero emissions.
The team has since found that an upside of this has been more focused discussions with those companies that have begun a low carbon journey but without a target to achieve neutrality by 2030.
These and many other examples of proactive steps on a daily basis show why passion and understanding need to underscore every conversation that Chamberlayne and his team have. This applies as much to internal discussions as it does to dialogue with senior management from both existing and potential companies that the Strategy invests in.
All this doesn’t come easily. Having a positive impact on the wider economy is only possible by moving away from the computer screen and looking beyond the abstract green and red numbers to find ways to relate to the real world.
*As at 30 June 2019.
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