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Welcome to The Path to COP (26) Podcast by Nordea Asset Management and in association with the Global Ethical Finance Initiative. Produced and Hosted by New Fund Order.

Episode 3 - COP Round-up: Was anything achieved, was there progress or more gradualism? What effect and impact will decisions taken have on Society and Finance?

What does it mean for investors? What does COP mean for engagement, stewardship, diversity, broader ESG and climate goals?

Did COP aid a 'just transition' or yet more procrastination?

We discuss with Sarah Wilson, CEO of Minerva and Michaela Zhirova from Nordea.

Sarah Wilson is the founder and CEO of Minerva Analytics, the UK’s independent ESG research and proxy voting agency. Over the past 30 years Sarah has been closely involved in the development of innovation in the independent research industry, including the creation of the first electronic proxy voting message standards and the development of Europe’s premier database of objective governance profiles of 95% of the worlds companies by value.

Michaela Zhirova joined the Responsible Investment team in Copenhagen in September 2018 as an ESG analyst. Before joining Nordea, she worked as a Governance and Responsible Investment analyst at Janus Henderson Investors in London. She has also worked at GES Investment Services (now part of Sustainalytics) and Hermes Equity Ownership Services.

Credits: Sound effects by Soundbible.com and Zapsplatt. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 and Public Domain 1.0. All additional Music used by Silvermansound.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Podcast platform by Buzzsprout. Images courtesy of guests, JB Moments Photography and Pixabay. Posters by Canva. Created, hosted and produced by New Fund Order. All rights reserved. www.Nordea.co.uk. www.PathtoCOP26.com. See the COP presidency programme here: https://lnkd.in/d8fPa4sF

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UK asset manager with offices in London. Copenhagen headquartered.

Global Ethical Finance Initiative 'GEFI'
Scottish based NGO focussed on Ethical Finance leading Path to COP campaign and events.

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Welcome to The Path to COP (26) Podcast by Nordea Asset Management and in association with the Global Ethical Finance Initiative. Produced and Hosted by New Fund Order.

Episode 1 - Finance agenda: "Mobilising Public and Private Finance Flows at Scale for Mitigation and Adaptation".

Join me, JB Beckett, your host and guests Natalie from GEFI and Harry from Nordea for the first Path to COP podcast, covering;

1) The Race to Net Zero: When it comes to Net Zero targets, are we moving fast enough, how best to structure a roadmap that turns 30 years pledges into meaningful actions?

Covering;

How important are Climate-related strategies to becoming ‘Net Zero’?

What progress are you hoping to see at COP?

Net Zero pledges, powerful or platitude?

Is divestment the answer?

What challenges must organisations overcome to develop a net zero strategy?

What’s driving the large number of net zero commitments?

What tools and frameworks can help investors on their net zero journey?

What role does the government play in delivering net zero?

To what extent does it make sense for a financial institution to claim net zero alignment if the same isn’t also true for the economy at large?

2) Carbon: Has Climate Change become a binary question of Carbon and Weighted Climate Intensity?

Covering;

Is Carbon Unit Pricing, is it key to climate change?

Is carbon offsetting a necessary evil or a useful tool?

Is Scope 2 and 3 still problematic, does that matter?

Green Energy, how best to finance?

What type of carbon metrics allow investors to consider both legs of the “double materiality” of climate change?

How can investors ensure that their performance on various carbon metrics isn’t disconnected from what’s happening in the real world?

As well as; circularity, data and greenwashing.

Guest Speaker Bios:

Harry Granqvist, Nordea Asset Management. “Harry is a Senior ESG Analyst focusing on climate and emerging markets. He joined Nordea in 2017 and prior to that worked with energy analytics and transition strategies in the UK. Harry holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics.”

Natalie Jackson, Global Ethical Finance Initiative ('GEFI') “Natalie is an Executive Manager at the Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI) and has over 10 years of experience working in finance. She worked in project finance with a focus on education, infrastructure and renewable energy projects. She has also spent extended periods of time working with social enterprises in Africa and has assisted entrepreneurs in the Global South through the Grow Movement and Kiva. Natalie also currently sits on the Social Growth Fund Board at Social Investment Scotland, advising on the disbursement of £17m of funding to Scottish social enterprises.”

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Welcome to The Path to COP (26) Podcast by Nordea Asset Management and in association with the Global Ethical Finance Initiative. Produced and Hosted by New Fund Order.

Episode 2 - Gender agenda: "Full and Meaningful Participation of Women and Girls in Climate Change".

The UNFCC had already specifically noted how climate change was impacting women globally, more than men, whilst at the same time the tone within our own industry… with respect to the social agenda, worker inequality and diversity… had been rising in recent years. So there is plenty for COP to talk about today.

Join me, JB Beckett, your host and guests Bev from CityHive and Katarina from Nordea for the second Path to COP podcast, covering;

We look at % representation of women fund managers, the number is way too low.. why hasn’t the industry evolved in over two decades?

• Attracting women into Asset Management, what are we getting right, what are we getting wrong?

• Education; how do we use Education to attract and promote women into key professions?

• Why does better gender equality help cognitive diversity and EQ in the investment process?

Is the ESG debate becoming too focussed on Net Zero at the risk of the social agenda?

Equality and diversity on boards and Exec level, why is it important for better ESG?

• Are Quotas necessary or do they confuse the mission?

How can investors deploy capital better to support gender equality and sustainable and social aims more generally?

• What can fund allocators do to address equality and diversity?

Credits: Sound effects by Soundbible.com and Zapsplatt. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 and Public Domain 1.0. All additional Music used by Silvermansound.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Podcast platform by Buzzsprout. Images courtesy of guests, JB Moments Photography and Pixabay. Posters by Canva. Created, hosted and produced by New Fund Order. All rights reserved. www.Nordea.co.uk. www.PathtoCOP26.com. See the COP presidency programme here: https://lnkd.in/d8fPa4sF

Nordea Asset Management (UK)
UK asset manager with offices in London. Copenhagen headquartered.

Global Ethical Finance Initiative 'GEFI'
Scottish based NGO focussed on Ethical Finance leading Path to COP campaign and events.

Produced by New Fund Order
New Fund Order podcast & productions #newfundorder

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