Ceres: Major Investor Groups Outline Climate Policy Priorities For Biden Team
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The chief executives of three major investor groups are calling on the Biden administration to adopt policies that will enable the U.S. to build back better and restore its climate leadership in the world.
The organizations of the executives Paul Simpson of CDP, Mindy Lubber of Ceres, and Fiona Reynolds of PRI represent hundreds of institutional investors in the U.S. with tens of trillions of assets under management. Through their respective networks and the global investor collaboration of which they are founding Partners, The Investor Agenda, these advocates drive investor action on climate change and promote policies that will accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy.
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April 14, 2021 /3BL Media/ - The chief executives of three major investor groups are calling on the Biden administration to adopt policies that will enable the U.S. to ‘build back better’ and restore its climate leadership in the world.
The organizations of the executives Paul Simpson of CDP, Mindy Lubber of Ceres, and Fiona Reynolds of PRI represent hundreds of institutional investors in the U.S. with tens of trillions of assets under management. Through their respective networks and the global investor collaboration of which they are founding Partners, The Investor Agenda, these advocates drive investor action on climate change and promote policies that will accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy.
By Communications Staff
The Queen’s School of Policy Studies is laying out strategies for building a better society in the wake of COVID-19 in a series of white papers.
The COVID-19 Working Groups have already published three white papers on ageing well, the future of work, and the future of governance after the pandemic. (Shutterstock.)
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have rippled across every aspect of society. To confront all this change and uncertainty, the Queen’s School of Policy Studies (SPS) brought together researchers from across the university to create several interdisciplinary COVID-19 working groups to explore the impact of the pandemic and ask how we might use it as an opportunity to reshape some parts of our world for the better. Each of the eight working groups focuses on a specific topic, including arts and culture, economics, and healthcare.
Abhina Aher (Trustee member of the committee)
An external candidate, Abhina Aher has been Associate Director for Gender, Sexuality and Rights at the India HIV/AIDS Alliance since 2010. She has been a global activist on LGBTI issues for the last 24 years and has worked with organisations such as The Humsafar Trust (Mumbai), Family Health International (FHI), and the Johns Hopkins University Centre for Communication Programme (CCP). Amongst the skills required for the Board of Trustees, Abhina can point to knowledge of safeguarding; programme delivery experience; and peer-to-peer service delivery. She is from South Asia, currently located in India.
Dr Josephine Obel (Trustee member of the committee and currently on leave of absence )
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