How can tools,data, and climate-friendly indices help shift capital in the direction of moresustainable, greener investment? In this episode of Foreword, ISS ESG’s YovankaBylander, Head of North American Client Success, and Hernando Cortina, Head ofIndex Strategy, talk about the recently announced provisional EU climatebenchmark indices from ISS ESG and German index provider, Solactive. Theepisode’s first half discusses historic climate trends, looks at ways fixedincome and equity investments can help mitigate climate change, and describeshow to define ESG standards that can help reduce uncertainty in data delivery.The second half then introduces ISS ESG’s two new climate benchmark indexfamilies, explains how ISS ESG research & data solutions help tackleviolations of SDG goals before moving to the Climate Impact Assessment’sultimate question: Does your portfolio measure up to the 2-degree scenario?

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