Coming from a similar perspective to fellow users, in advising investors, a key risk is reputational risk, resulting from litigation or societal views.  In Australia we have seen litigation against pension funds on the grounds of climate change disclosures and are seeing regulators fining companies for “greenwashing”.  Regardless of whether claims have a strong factual basis, […]

https://www.unpri.org/policy/regulation-database Those of us interested can find the regulation database for the PRI in the link above

Our current business model is heavily focused towards health sector and hospitality, with both under heavy strains from COVID, fossil fuel crisis, staff shortages, inflation etc. therefore we will probably have to deliver net zero at zero extra cost.  The biggest opportunity for our sector is simply reducing reusing and recycling our waste stream. In […]

sharing two podcasts: 1. COP 27: A good podcast by BBC about a cynical view of investing and funding priorities in Africa at COP 27! Finally, a podcast by Azeem Azhar, a pro-innovation media hub called Exponential View.  In this podcast he interviews Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech, on their approach to carbon recycling takes our […]

As a government owned sea port, one of our biggest risks is the appetite of our government owners for innovation and speculative net zero technology investment. A perception that a government agency is “gambling” with public funds is rarely a vote winner. We will need to be highly disciplined in defining the innovation risk we […]

Social Network DriversI agree  that incremental social change is where attention should be directed – a great example, particularly for fans of A-Ha, reported by BBC News today: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63375504 Energy Sector Biggest Risk The transition risk of moving quickly enough to de-risk revenues associated with oil and gas in developed countries despite the short-term spike in […]