Querying asset managers about their approach to climate change risk is definitely a reasonable action on behalf of clients, given the link to investment risk, says Nick Robins, head of SRI funds at Henderson Global Investors.
The question has been highlighted in a new research document published by Henderson, titled ‘The Carbon 100’. Looking at FTSE 100 constituents the report has compared their carbon emissions against turnover, EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) and market capitalisation. Henderson concludes not only that the UK’s biggest listed companies will definitely be affected, but that investors are still not able to get a full picture of the impact. Finding common metrics in the first place is a key part of the research, Robins says, because without baseline mea...
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