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Working with investors
Pension funds and insurers are responsible for trillions of Euros of people's money. Ensuring those investments are clean and green is key to a sustainable EU economy.
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WWF works with asset owners to help them adapt their policies, investment process and engagement on climate change risks and opportunities.
Already changes are happening. In September 2019, some of the world’s largest investors, responsible for more than US$ 2.4 trillion in investments, committed to carbon-neutral portfolios by 2050.
WWF is calling on others to join them, and commit to aligning their investments with the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C warming limit.
This commitment then needs to be rapidly implemented by the investors. They must also use their clout with the EU institutions in order to push for forward-looking laws which will help Europe’s entire economy become zero-carbon and sustainable.
WWF has researched how well Europe’s largest asset owners align with the Paris climate goals - see the reports opposite.
We have also produced a series of guides for asset owners on climate action, and summarised the top recommendations.
Asset owners must:
1. Measure their alignment with the Paris climate goals
2. Integrate climate change into their investment policy
3. Develop beyond fossil fuel policies
4. Set targets based on climate science
5. Monitor investment managers
6. Engage with companies
7. Engage with policy-makers
Already changes are happening. In September 2019, some of the world’s largest investors, responsible for more than US$ 2.4 trillion in investments, committed to carbon-neutral portfolios by 2050.
WWF is calling on others to join them, and commit to aligning their investments with the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C warming limit.
This commitment then needs to be rapidly implemented by the investors. They must also use their clout with the EU institutions in order to push for forward-looking laws which will help Europe’s entire economy become zero-carbon and sustainable.
WWF has researched how well Europe’s largest asset owners align with the Paris climate goals - see the reports opposite.
We have also produced a series of guides for asset owners on climate action, and summarised the top recommendations.
Asset owners must:
1. Measure their alignment with the Paris climate goals
2. Integrate climate change into their investment policy
3. Develop beyond fossil fuel policies
4. Set targets based on climate science
5. Monitor investment managers
6. Engage with companies
7. Engage with policy-makers
WWF reports
WWF Owning The Future – Asset Owners And Climate Change – Climate Action Survey 2021
pdf 4.59 MBWWF Resource guide for asset owners - selecting, appointing and monitoring your investment manager
pdf 34.09 MBRequirements for climate disclosure - WWF briefing (November 2020)
pdf 81 KBEuropean Asset Owners: Climate alignment of public equity and corporate bond portfolios
pdf 2.22 MBWWF climate guide for asset owners - summary
pdf 418 KBWWF climate guide for asset owners - full report
pdf 2.96 MBAsset owner guide to oil and gas producers
pdf 3.10 MBWWF Asset Owner Guide on Coal Mining
pdf 855 KBWWF Asset Owner Guide on Coal and Renewable electric power utilities
pdf 792 KBContacts