Aligning a fund to the Paris Agreement

Please find below a link to our latest note, which covers M&G’s approach to aligning equity funds to the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Key points

• Rising greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are driving global warming and the associated climate risks
• The Paris Agreement is an international treaty aimed at reducing emissions and halting global warming, with significant implications for companies and investors alike
• At M&G, we take a company-specific, outcome-focused approach to ‘Paris Aligning’ select equity funds, by looking for companies to invest in that are either taking steps to reduce their own emissions, or providing solutions for others to do so
• Company emissions disclosures, and ‘science based’ emission reduction targets are both integral to our investment approach.

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