Environmental Alpha (ePub)

The definitive guide to how institutional investors shouldapproach the risks and opportunities associated with climatechange

Environmental Alpha provides institutional investors withthe comprehensive framework they need to assess the risks andinvestment opportunities tied to climate change.

Climate change will present institutional investors with some ofthe most important risks and opportunities they will face forgenerations to come. Climate change has the potential to affectmany sectors in radically different degrees over time, andinstitutional investors need to have a thorough understanding ofthe multi-dimensional risks and opportunities that could influencenearly every investment in their portfolios. This volume iscomposed of contributions by leading experts in environmentalinvestment, moving beyond the theoretical or academic nature ofmuch of the current discussion on the topic to provide you withreal-world insights into an emerging market.
* Examines the climate change-related drivers of returns(science, economics, policy, and technology) that makeenvironmental alpha possible
* Explores fiduciary duty and climate change
* Contains in-depth explanations of each of the major categoriesof environmental investing and examines related environmental alphaopportunities
* Discusses practical implementation issues
* Presents real-world case studies and examples

Climate change will be one of the most important investmentthemes of the next twenty years; the related environmentalinvestment opportunities will provide institutional investors withsome of the greatest "alpha" opportunities for years to come. Thisbook will put you in a better position to assess and access theseopportunities.