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Physical Climate Risks
Designing a resilient response to the inevitable impact of climate change
Insights
Five years old: what has been the impact of the SDGs?
This week marks five years since the United Nations agreed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Impact @ Impax 2020
Welcome to Impact @ Impax 2020. This is the sixth annual publication we have produced that discloses the quantified environmental benefits linked to our clients’ investments in our portfolio companies.
Where next for the transition to a more sustainable economy?
At the heart of our investment philosophy lies the search for resilient businesses set to thrive in the transition to a more sustainable economy.
Impax receives top PRI scores
Impax has been awarded A+ and A scores across all applicable categories in the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) assessment report of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) integration efforts.
COVID-19 – Implications for the transition to a more sustainable economy
The contours of the post-COVID landscape are yet to fully come into focus. Unlike in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis however, there are clear signs that concerns about environmental issues have been elevated by what we have recently experienced.
Portfolio Climate Risk Management – Case Studies on Evolving Best Practices
To help other investors with their climate risk assessment, mitigation and transition-informed asset allocation, we have partnered with the sustainability non-profit organization Ceres to publish case studies of 10 global asset owners.
Partnering on Plastics
Celeste Cole describes an engagement related to one of companies’ growing risk factors — plastic.
The Financial Impact of Diversity
The relationship between diversity and financial performance is supported by literature that is expanding not only in depth, but in breadth, encompassing many more forms of diversity than gender alone, and expanding to many measures of corporate prosperity than just profits.
Pax World Funds Investment Outlook: Third Quarter 2020
In this quarter’s commentary, we share perspectives on the rapid rebound in equities amid continued COVID-19 uncertainty, resiliency in sustainable investing and the sharper focus placed on sustainability as a result of the pandemic and uprising against racism.
Webinar: An Introduction to Engagement at Impax
Business Continuity Plan
We are monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely. Here’s what we’re doing to ensure business continuity during this very unusual time.
Clean Investment Roadmaps: A framework for building clean energy economies
This framework offers a blueprint for the enhanced collaboration between policy and investment communities that will be needed if we are to deliver the climate goals of the Paris Agreement.
Pax World Funds Engagement Report – 2020
We engage with the companies in our portfolios in an effort to make them more sustainable, resilient long-term investments.
Impax Engagement Report 2020
We believe our portfolio companies have resilient business models and in this context, we engage to support and encourage the management of their risks rather than to radically change their core activities.
Building Back Better: Improving Portfolio Resiliency in the Wake of COVID-19 [Advisor Webcast]
Embracing change by adapting to a new climate
During the past few months at Impax we have focused our client communications on COVID-19 related market and portfolio updates.
Pax World Funds Investment Outlook: Second Quarter 2020
In this quarter’s commentary, we cover the unprecedented market events of the first quarter and the continued economic uncertainty going forward due to the COVID-19 crisis. We also share perspective about how our investment discipline may help navigate elevated market volatility.
What We Look for During a Crisis
The five key scores that matter when investing in times such as these
Investor statement on coronavirus response
We are co-operating with other investors to provide companies with a united message on our expectations of how they should respond to the Coronavirus. We have co-signed the Investor Statement on Coronavirus Response and would encourage other investors to do the same.