Investing in a New Climate – June 3, 2015 Recommended Readings and Workshop Presentations

Workshop Presentations

Policy and Climate: the State of Global Play
Tom Heller, Executive Director, Climate Policy Initiative
Presentation at Investing in a New Climate, Generation Investment Management
June 3, 2015

Conceptual Framework for Climate Wise Investing, and Resource Revolution: How to Capture the Biggest Business Opportunity in a Century
Stefan Heck, Consulting Professor, Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University
Presentation at Investing in a New Climate, Generation Investment Management
June 3, 2015

ESG Integration into Public Equity and Debt
Donna Bebb, Research Fellow, Stanford Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance
Presentation at Investing in a New Climate, Generation Investment Management
June 3, 2015

Attractive Returns: Where and Why Now? Slide-Deck-on-Portfolio-Opportunity
Stephan Dolezalek, Managing Partner, VantagePoint Capital Partners
Presentation at Investing in a New Climate, Generation Investment Management
June 3, 2015

Navigating Climate Portfolio Risk

Carbon Supply Cost Curves: Evaluating Financial Risk to Coal Capital Expenditures
Carbon Tracker Initiative
September 2014 

Carbon Supply Cost Curves: Evaluating Financial Risk to Oil Capital Expenditures
Carbon Tracker Initiative
May 2014

Environmental Intelligence: Unlocking Opportunities at the Nexus of Big Data and Climate Change
Generation Investments Insights Series
April 2015

Framework for Approaches to Hedging Climate Risk
Megan Foster Starr, MBA Candidate 2015, part-time Associate, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
June 2015

Investing in a Time of Climate Change
Mercer
June 4, 2015

NYC comptroller targets 75 companies in groundbreaking proxy access initiative
Barry Burr, Pensions & Investments Online
November 6, 2014

Risky Business: The Economic Risks of Climate Change to the United States
The Risky Business Project
June 2014

S.E.C. Reversal May Clear Way for Shareholders to Challenge Companies
Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times
January 19, 2015

The Landscape of Climate Exposure for Investors
Barbara Buchner and Dario Abramskiehn, Climate Policy Initiative in partnership with the Stanford Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance
Presentation at Investing in a New Climate, Stanford University
February 25, 2015

Understanding and Managing Climate Risk in Institutional Portfolios
MSCI
Q1 2015

Integrating Climate Change into Pension Fund Governance

21st Century Engagement – Investor Strategies for Incorporating ESG Considerations into Corporate Interactions
BlackRock, Ceres
June 2015

ESG’s Relationship to Fiduciary Duty – From Counter to Crucial
Megan Foster Starr, MBA Candidate 2015, part-time Associate, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
June, 2015

Interpretive Bulletin Relating to Investing in Economically Targeted Investments
US Department of Labor
October 17, 2008

Towards Sustainable Investment and Operations: Making Progress
CalPERS
2014 

Towards Sustainable Investment: Taking Responsibility
CalPERS
2012

Seizing Climate Investment Opportunity

Allocating Capital for Long-Term Returns: The Strengthened Case for Sustainable Capitalism
Generation Foundation
May 2015

Global Resource Risk and Opportunities
Stephan Dolezalek, Lee Burrows, Stefan Heck, Martin Lagod, Peter Shannon, and Andrew Shapiro, Resourcient
2015

Local Government Super Case Study
Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative, United Nations
2013

Platforms and Vehicles for Institutional Co-Investing
Jagdeep Singh Bachher and Ashby Monk
November 12, 2012

‘The Valley of Opportunity’ Rethinking Venture Capital for Long-Term Institutional Investors
Jagdeep Singh Bachher, Gordon Clark, Ashby Monk, Kiran Sridhar
February 4, 2014