The latest on Investment Climate Impact September 2014 Dr. Maximilian Horster – Partner, South Pole Group This report is solely for the use of client personnel. No part of it may be circulated, quoted, or reproduced for distribution outside the client organization without prior written approval from South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd. This material was used by South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd during an oral presentation; it is not a complete record of the discussion.
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TBLI CONFERENCE™ NORDIC 2014 - Managing Climate Change Risks - Maximilian Horster - South Pole
“The climate impact of investments” Increasingly, investors are aware that every Euro invested either finances or combats climate change. Identifying climate-related investment risk and opportunities, positioning towards stakeholders and gaining/ retaining clients are just a few of the business reasons why asset owners and asset managers measure and manage their investments’ effect on the global climate. While a Portfolio Carbon Footprint allows for greenhouse gas emission accounting at a point in time, a forward-looking Climate Impact Assessment helps understand how a portfolio is positioned towards the risks and opportunities of climate change.
TBLI CONFERENCE™ NORDIC 2014 Our first ESG & Impact Investing conference in the Nordic region, hosted by the BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo. For 2 days, the conference offered a platform to learn about current trends in sustainable investing and CSR in the Nordic region – and ample opportunity to find new business partners. Unique to this event, selected entrepreneurs have been invited to present their innovative green technology and climate change related projects to the investor community.
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The latest on Investment Climate Impact September 2014
Dr. Maximilian Horster – Partner, South Pole Group
This report is solely for the use of client personnel. No part of it may be circulated, quoted, or reproduced for distribution outside the client organization without prior written approval from South
Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd. This material was used by South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd during an oral presentation; it is not a complete record of the discussion.
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South Pole Group – Measuring and reducing impact About us
• 2006: Incorporation in Zurich /
Switzerland
• 2014: present on all continents
• 110 carbon pros from 22 countries
• 250+ projects in over twenty-five
countries
• Swiss Social Entrepreneur of the Year
• 2011 to 2014: Best Project Developer
• 1’000+ corporate and public clients
• Numerous health and education benefits
• 20’000 new jobs in developing countries
• 17’000 hectares of forest saved
Our impact for our clients
• 50 million+ tonnes of CO2 savings
• EUR 6bn renewable energy investments
• 35’000 Gwh renewable energy
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• Investment Impact on the Agenda
• The Business Case
• Case Study
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Every Euro invested either
finances or reverses Climate
Change
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Investors in the spotlight
“Investors (…) should increase transparency regarding greenhouse
gas emissions from the assets and businesses that they finance”.
UN Secretary-General Baan Ki-moon
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Society is getting concerned
Responsibility and magnitude is understood
Source: WWF Sweden 2014
On top of that, through
investments in the global stock
market, through savings and
pension funds, each person is on
average responsible for 7.9 t
CO2/year
The average CO2 emissions /
Swedish person / year amounts
to 10.6 tons
Markets react
Source: HSBC
• Green Bonds at almost EUR 40bn (Ytd 2014)
• Market quadrupeled in 2 years
• A niche of growth in declining bond market
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• Investment Impact on the Agenda
• The Business Case
• Case Study
It makes financial sense:Climate Risks &
Opportunities of Investments
Source: CDP
• Climate Change effects and policies put your
investments at risk
• Your investees might be part of the problem or the