VIDEO: Engagement vs divestment in the context of climate change
Posted on December 11th, 2024
Should investors remain engaged with fossil fuel companies, seeking to use their influence as shareholders to improve the Paris-alignment of these firms? Or should investors instead seek to wash their hands of fossil fuel companies by divesting from them, using scarce resources instead to focus on policy advocacy and engagement with heavy users rather than suppliers of fossil fuels?
These are the questions Border to Coast sought to answer in commissioning an independent report into the academic arguments for and against divestment in fossil fuel companies. Read the report here.
Watch our expert panel – Border to Coast Head of Responsible Investment Tim Manuel, Climate Change Manager Teju Akande, and the report author, London Business School’s Tom Gosling – discuss responsible investment, assessing and integrating climate risk, and the findings of the report in a panel hosted by Asset TV.
