David unpacks the need for policy to take account of crucial connections between legal duties and 'green' focused activity, to establish clarity about the goals of 'green' activity, and to address the limits of the enabling environment for pursuing positive 'green' outcomes and the importance of collective action.
With war in Ukraine rocking the business world, attending to bank culture might seem like fiddling while Rome burns. Yet a firm’s culture is essentially a form of institutional behavioural memory applied to the present. It represents the accumulated collective wisdom of those within the firm, or lack of it, about how to navigate reality successfully.
With keynote from Emmanuel Faber, Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
Plenary - Leading with purpose: asset owner expectations for the next 10 years
New climate commitments, greater reporting expectations and tighter manager monitoring are changing the relationship between asset owners and asset managers.
David discusses key themes in The Social Licence for Financial Markets.
Episode 10: Interview with David Rouch - Investing for Sustainability Impact
David Rouch talked about the report "A Legal Framework For Impact" in the last episode. He discussed the impact of the report on financial services and how the law in England and Wales is changing to support sustainable investing. He also identified the main barriers to aligning financial flows with the Paris Agreement's objectives.
David Rouch is a financial services partner at Freshfields with expertise in sustainable investing.
Resources: You can access the “Legal Framework for Impact” report, here. You can learn more about David’s work, here.
Episode 9: Climate Law Matters
In this episode, David provides an overview of the report. He explains what “investing for sustainability impact” (“IFSI”) means; and how it differs from other forms of sustainable investing, such as ESG. He sets out, in broad terms, the findings in the report.
Resources: You can access the “Legal Framework for Impact” report, here. You can learn more about David’s work, here.
