Asset managers can contribute most to a sustainable economy by sticking to a policy of steadily reducing their portfolios’ carbon emissions. The November 2021 climate change summit in Glasgow (COP26) brought home the urgency of addressing global warming. COP26 participants said that limiting warming to 1.5°C by 2050 requires rapid, deep and sustained reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions. These include a cut in CO2 emissions of 45 percent by 2030 relative to the 2010 level, and to net-zero by mid-century. The COP26 alarm bells are sounding even louder six months on from the Glasgow conference. Researchers at the UK’s…
Author: Elena Philipova, Director of Sustainable Finance at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
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Elena Philipova, Director of Sustainable Finance at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
Elena is responsible for driving the integration of ESG, green and sustainable data, insights and analytics into the different products, services and client propositions across LSEG’s Data & Analytics Division. This includes managing the overarching ESG strategy for the Refinitiv business, as well as the integration of our market-leading ESG, green revenues and TPI data sets across Refinitiv and FTSE Russell indices. Elena has worked in sustainable investments and ESG for 16 years, holding a variety of industry positions, including membership of the European Commission Technical Expert Group (TEG) on Sustainable Finance.
