GIST Impact data included in latest ESG Report from GPIF, the world’s largest pension fund
The Government Pension Investment Fund, Japan (GPIF) has published its 5th ESG Report as a way of reporting on GPIF’s Environmental, Social and Governance-related initiatives and the effects to all pension beneficiaries. In a section where GPIF evaluates the extent to which the constituent companies in GPIF’s portfolio are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals […]
Are ESG scores killing sustainable investing’s potential?
Written in partnership with FNZ The appetite for sustainable investments continues to grow. But with no standard definition, and general confusion around the difference between input and output effects of ESG, it is little wonder ESG investing has failed to live up to the hype. The solution: a combination of Impact Economics, trustworthy data, improved […]
GIST Impact CEO featured in Business Insider’s Climate Heroes 2022 series
As part of Business Insider’s Climate Heroes 2022: Working Toward Solutions series, GIST Impact Founder and CEO, Pavan Sukhdev discussed the role of the green economy in advancing climate action and the importance of measuring and tracking progress towards sustainability goals with Marcelo Lu, SVP, Care Chemicals North America at BASF, and Tim Paradis, Future […]
How about levelling the playing field for impact investing vs mainstream investing?
Over the last two years, 2019 to 2021, impact investing has seen remarkable asset growth: from USD 0.58 trillion to 1.64 trillion, around 70% per annum. While we can be encouraged by the important mindset shifts underpinning this growth, it still begs the question: can we realistically expect current impact investing models to drive enough […]
GIST Impact CEO featured on Accelerating Climate Solutions podcast
With the industrial food system now accounting for a third of all global greenhouse gas emissions, transforming food systems has never been more critical to advance climate resilience and ecological conservation. On the latest episode of the Accelerating Climate Solutions podcast, our Founder and CEO Pavan Sukhdev and Sara Farley, Vice President of The Rockefeller […]
SFDR – The Hardest Data Challenges to Solve
Our recent workshop on SFDR featured an open discussion on the main challenges facing asset and wealth managers in sourcing and reporting data to meet PAI requirements. GIST Impact’s CEO, Pavan Sukhdev, highlighted the importance of interpretation, measurement and benchmarking of PAIs. It is mandatory to provide these indicators for qualification as a sustainable investment […]
GIST Impact data now accessible via Snowflake
Nov 20th Update: You can now access our latest biodiversity data via Snowflake Marketplace. This data aligns with major frameworks such as TNFD and PBAF, and is a great measure of assessing corporate and investor risks and opportunities arising from nature-based impacts of companies and portfolios. In this era of greater corporate disclosure of sustainability […]
Manage What You Measure: US Sustainability Trends and Benchmarks
Fund managers returning to their desks following the Independence Day barbecues, were most likely unaware that each million dollars they commit to a well-known US index of the 500 top US companies generates $3,700 of negative environmental impact from companies’ operations alone. These same investors may have been less surprised to discover that nearly 70% […]
GIST Impact launches one-click download options for its GHG and water data products
GIST Impact has just launched bitesize versions of our greenhouse gas (GHG) and water data products, covering reported data by major listed companies in two key markets – USA and Europe. The data can be used by investors, educators, researchers, and analysts to track and compare company performance, validate an investment thesis, report on impact, […]
GIST Impact in conversation with UBS’s Sustainability and Impact Institute
“The question is, can we change this neoclassical economy of ours into what we call an impact economy?” GIST Impact Founder and CEO Pavan Sukhdev recently sat down with Julie Hudson, Senior ESG Advisor, UBS Global Research, and founding member of UBS’s Sustainability and Impact Institute, and Leeds University professor Piers Forster to discuss why […]
