Session IV
Early detection of sustainability-related controversies permits reputational risk attribution to specific companies and the evaluation of subsequent material effects on prices. Controversy mapping is currently one of the most actively developing areas in financial natural language processing (NLP) analytics, network analysis, and sentiment analysis. This session will comprise short presentations followed by a panel discussion […]
Session V
Early detection of sustainability-related controversies permits reputational risk attribution to specific companies and the evaluation of subsequent material effects on prices. Controversy mapping is currently one of the most actively developing areas in financial natural language processing (NLP) analytics, network analysis, and sentiment analysis. This session will comprise short presentations followed by a panel discussion […]
Session VI
Stewardship and engagement enjoy a surging popularity in the sustainable investing field. In the UK, the recent release of the UK Stewardship Code has only accelerated this trend. Stewardship is meant to promote longer-term value for investors, promote high standards of corporate governance at the individual company level, and create sustainable benefits for the economy, […]
Session VII
Halting and reversing the ongoing loss and degradation of nature and its biodiversity are amongst the greatest challenges of our time. The current state of play is deeply worrying. The drivers of habitat destruction and biodiversity loss continue and we are not yet able to deploy capital into nature recovery at the scale or pace […]
Session VIII
Litigation has the potential to help drive the transition to a net zero economy by holding corporations and financial entities to their net zero transition plans, and to re-allocate capital where liability risks are priced into financial decision-making. Yet the risks, opportunities and impacts of climate litigation are not widely understood by financial market participants, […]
Session IX
Current backward-looking financial risk management practices are insufficient to capture the long-term horizon and fundamental uncertainty associated with climate change. Various central banks have run or are planning to run forward-looking climate stress tests that examine the effects of a wide range of physical and transition risk scenarios on the stability of the financial system. […]
Session X
Physical risk is often seen as more remote than transition risk, particularly for wealthier countries. But COVID has taught us that risks can interact in complex ways and cascade globally. This session will draw upon the evidence on systemic risks related to physical climate shocks, including compound risks and cascading global physical risks. In this […]
Session XI
Sustainability-linked loans and bonds can effectively promote credible transitions by borrowers and issuers. Their main innovation lies in the way they tie the cost of capital with sustainability performance. As a new financial instrument, they face multiple challenges and risks. A few examples include the comparability, relevance and ambition of metrics, as well as the materiality […]
