Join fellow asset owners engaging large asset managers on their decarbonization strategies and stewardship, and in supporting their role in mitigating idiosyncratic and systemic climate-related financial risks to clients. This is part of a broader series of engagements, which will kick off with a webinar (register) on June 27. 

Additional context: Earlier this year, BlackRock announced its plans to develop a stewardship option for clients interested in aligning investment objectives with the low-carbon transition. BlackRock planned to “take insight” from interested clients in order to develop the policy, but reached out to only a portion of their clients.s. All clients interested in such a strategy have the opportunity to engage in order to ensure that the policy offered is one that works to mitigate company- and portfolio-level climate risks. It is also an important opportunity for other asset managers to follow suit and offer such a policy to their interested clients. 

There are two aims: 

1. increasing client participation in the development of and subscription to existing and upcoming decarbonization strategies, and; 

2. increasing the number of asset managers who offer decarbonization policies to their clients. 

Immediate opportunities for engagement: the collaboration will kick off with this webinar, on June 27, 11am ET / 4pm BST

Speakers: 

• Yumi Narita, Executive Director of Corporate Governance, New York City Comptroller’s Office
• Jake Barnett, Managing Director, Sustainable Investment Strategies, Wespath Investments, and Co-Lead of the NZAOA Engagement Track
• Paul Rissman, Co-Founder, Rights CoLab and former Executive Vice President, AllianceBernstein
• Josh Zinner, Chief Executive Officer, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
• Moderator: Pedro Henriques da Silva, Director, Shifting Trillions, Sierra Club Foundation

Link to register: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xR5wpxuUSE-ZVlZOCUoYLQ#/registration