COP 15: Biodiversity Opportunities and Risks for Investors
December 13, 2022
- Biodiversity loss represents a significant systematic risk, one on which investors are increasingly focussed.
- New biodiversity-related initiatives targeting financial institutions are currently under development.
- 2022’s COP 15 offers an opportunity to reverse biodiversity loss.
- Asset owners and managers are developing biodiversity-related active ownership policies.
- ISS ESG tools such as the Biodiversity Impact Assessment Tool, SDG Solutions Assessment, SDG Impact Rating, ESG Corporate Rating, Norm-Based Research, and Thematic Engagement Solution can help investors to assess companies’ approaches to and impacts on biodiversity.
