To tackle the effects of climate change, a shift to a low-carbon world is essential. Such a world –and its economy – require sustainable investments. The financial industry has an important role to play in the transition towards a net zero future. As part of our efforts, we are making 10 commitments, in order to reach net zero emissions across our business by 2050 at the latest.
In this video, Thibaud Clisson, climate change lead, presents Committed to climate: Our roadmap to net zero. This new paper sets out, in detail, the 10 commitments we are making to achieve our goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, or sooner, across our investment, stewardship and operational activities.
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The value of investments and the income they generate may go down as well as up and it is possible that investors will not recover their initial outlay. Past performance is no guarantee for future returns.
Investing in emerging markets, or specialised or restricted sectors is likely to be subject to a higher-than-average volatility due to a high degree of concentration, greater uncertainty because less information is available, there is less liquidity or due to greater sensitivity to changes in market conditions (social, political and economic conditions).
Some emerging markets offer less security than the majority of international developed markets. For this reason, services for portfolio transactions, liquidation and conservation on behalf of funds invested in emerging markets may carry greater risk.