United StatesAs specialist investors in the transition to a sustainable economy, making our voices heard with policymakers has been an important part of Impax’s work for decades. We believe it is crucial for investors to participate more closely in public policy design in order to accelerate this transition, including by reducing emissions and protecting natural resources.
Our team is regularly consulted on the design and implementation of public policy. We strive to influence policy outcomes that support the growth of markets in solutions to environmental and social challenges. Through such advocacy, we can both maximise the effectiveness of policies and identify future investment opportunities.
Read about our recent global policy advocacy activities and the impact of our work in the Stewardship and Advocacy Report 2024.
Read about our recent global policy advocacy activities and the impact of our work in the Stewardship and Advocacy Report 2024.
Our global advocacy strategy is currently focused on four key themes. Click to read an example of our activity for each of these areas.
- Financing the transition to net-zero emissions
- Greening the financial system
- Human capital such as diversity, equity and Covid-19
- Biodiversity
Through our policy and advocacy activities we collaborate closely with a broad network, including the scientific community, industry bodies and not-for-profit organisations. Here is a selection of our current memberships.
Bringing about public policy change often seems to take a long, slow arc to completion, but with ice sheets collapsing, resources diminishing and inequality widening, there is new urgency to deliver the major changes needed to transition to a more sustainable economy. There is also growing recognition of the crucial role the financial sector can play in accelerating that transition.
We look forward to making a positive contribution to the important work ahead.
Chris Dodwell
Chris Dodwell is Global Head of Policy & Advocacy at Impax Asset Management and Co Head of the Impax Sustainability Centre, the firm’s hub for insight, research and leadership on the transition to a more sustainable global economy.
Within the Sustainability Centre, Chris’s team is responsible for client partnerships, sustainability reporting and policy advocacy. Chris directs the firm’s engagement with policymakers worldwide, working to advance frameworks that support a net‑zero, climate-resilient and nature‑positive economy.
Chris joined Impax in 2019 after more than a decade shaping UK and international climate policy. During his time in the UK Government, he led the domestic implementation of the EU Emissions Trading System and headed the UK delegation to the UN climate negotiations. Subsequently, as Director of Climate Change at Ricardo Energy & Environment, Chris advised over 15 governments on developing and delivering their national climate strategies under the Paris Agreement.
Chris serves on a range of industry policy committees and advisory groups, including the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), the Investor Policy Dialogue on Deforestation (IPDD) and the Transition Finance Council.
He holds a BA (Hons) in Classics from the University of Cambridge and an LLM in Environmental Law from University College London.
Recent Insights
2026 Outlook: Targeting resilient opportunities from economic transformation
Looking into 2026, we share perspectives from our Listed Equities, Fixed Income and Private Markets teams.
Staying the course in a changing climate for investors
In our 2025 Climate Report, we explain how we integrate climate-related risks and opportunities into our investment strategies, engagement activities and throughout our business
Stewardship and Advocacy Report 2025
In our eighth annual report, we showcase how we leveraged our breadth of stewardship and advocacy tools for positive outcomes in 2024.
Where Impax participates in collaborative engagement activities with other shareholders, it does so on an independent basis and in accordance with its own policies. The purpose of such collaborative engagements is to facilitate an independent and free exchange of ideas and views among shareholders that relate to seeking improvement of the long-term performance of investee companies and/or changes in investee company practices, without the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities to effect or influence a change of control in investee companies or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect.
While Impax may consult with other market participants on certain engagement efforts, Impax unilaterally determines whether and to what extent to engage with other stakeholders and all of Impax’s investment decisions are independent and based on its own, unilateral strategy for maximising return on investment.