Good morning community!
Great news for nature investments! Norway's Government Pension Fund Global, which runs $1.6 trillion in assets, has placed 96% of its entire portfolio under natural capital risk assessment.
Read the full Reuters article here
The urgency to redefine what we value is growing. Financial metrics alone, centred around GDP and financial capital, are struggling to deliver the prosperity they once did. Complex global issues such as climate change, nature depletion and social inequalities present systemic risks to economies. Updated metrics of success are needed.
So many questinos. Does this mean the market recalibration is coming? Do investors operate in under-estmated reality?
Here's what Norges Bank did:
🚩 determined that $1.53 trillion of their holdings require natural capital analysis.
🚩 engaged directly with 519 companies on climate and nature risks
🚩 positioned these engagements to cover 54% of their financed emissions
They've explicitly stated these moves are made to "support value creation and manage the fund's climate and nature risk exposure".
How do you feel? Do you think financial institutions are "on time" and updating their metrics now?
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Aya Pariy
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