How can the world recover from the coronavirus pandemic while also addressing climate change and biodiversity loss? I am humbled to have been a speaker at a live webcast convened by Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI), to discuss the impact of the great pause and the plan for the green recovery of 2021.
Today, I am happy to share with my readers the insights from the discussion alongside Phoebe Stone, Partner and Head of Sustainable Investing at LGT Vestra and Sofia Karadima, Senior Editor and Researcher at Investment Monitor, New Statesmen Media Group.
Moderated by Alice Gerry, Business Development Director at LGT Vestra, the live webcast focused on the actions and investments needed today to unlock short term gains, such as jobs and economic growth, as well as deliver the longer-term benefits of ESG resilience, de-carbonization, cleaner air and water, healthier oceans, and more sustainable food and agriculture systems.
The big challenge that was clear from the discussion, is how do we build forward greener and build forward better in a new environment as we come out of the recovery. Read more…