18 October 2021 - Pensions for Purpose Paris Alignment Forum training - Natixis Investment Managers/Mirova

Confused by carbon data and measurement? What’s the reality and what’s the myth? Carbon data and measurement explained.

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This Paris Alignment Forum training session with Natixis Investment Managers/Mirova was held at 2.30 p.m. on 18 October 2021.

Mirova have been working on Carbon Footprinting since 2014, looking to improve data and develop innovative approaches on a much-debated topic. In this session, speaker Jean-Pierre Dmirdjian of Mirova described both the technical and organisational challenge related to defining carbon metrics, including:

  • Measuring Scope 1, 2 & 3, along with avoided emissions
  • How this drives investment decisions
  • Relationship with TCFD

Speaker: Jean-Pierre Dmirdjian, Mirova

Objective
: this online training session unpacked the different carbon metrics used by the investment management industry and will explore how this drives investment decisions.

Outcome: pension funds and asset owners gained an understanding of the different carbon metrics used by asset managers and how this relates to their investments and future TCFD reporting requirements.

Open to: asset owners such as pension fund trustees and in-house executives, independent trustees/advisers, and consultants.

Numbers: the course was limited to a maximum of 15-20 Paris Alignment Forum members. This was to allow time for each delegate to ask questions or share insights.

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