More sustainable companies

The actions of investors today will be key to avoiding the catastrophic consequences that the adoption of AI may have for investee companies, as well as our society, environment and economy. In the short term, businesses that fail to put in place adequate governance safeguards around the design and deployment of AI risk financial consequences, reputational damage, operational disruption, legal risk, environmental risk, human rights risks and challenges to social licence.

Extreme weather and global events provide a glimpse into the risks facing companies today, and how they can position for the long-term in a changing world.

Sustainable investing has come a long way from its early days as a values-based exercise in screening out heavy emitters. Today, it takes a highly disciplined and sophisticated approach — one that asks how risks and opportunities are priced in a world where climate, nature and governance are no longer peripheral concerns but central determinants of financial and economic outcomes.