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Ethics in Climate Investing- Why Portfolio Alignment Is More Than Just Science

About this event

Watch the exclusive IPE webcast exploring our latest study, showing that climate alignment equity strategies are often seen as objective and solely science-based but in reality embed ethical choices. Moderated by Brendan Maton (IPE), the session featured Vincent Bouchet, Director of ESG and Climate Research, Scientific Climate Indices and Shahyar Safaee, Deputy CEO & Business Development Director, Scientific Climate Indices, who presented new findings from our latest study: โ€œA Question of Ethics? Climate Alignment in Equity Portfolios.โ€

Thursday, October 16 , 2025
Access the On-Demand Replay
60 Minutes

Key takeaways:

  • Climate strategies, often viewed as purely science-driven, embed ethical choices that influence investment outcomes.
  •  ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฌ  โ€” from selecting reference scenarios to allocating carbon budgets โ€” involve value-based decisions
  • Using ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ , we demonstrated how these choices can significantly affect results.

The study also highlights:

  • ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ  โ†’ focus on absolute Scope 1 emissions
  • ๐”๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ โ†’ emphasize efficiency
  • ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ โ†’ incorporate Scope 3 emissions

Learn why transparency on these ethical foundations is key to tailoring strategies to investorsโ€™ objectives.

Meet the speakers

Vincent Bouchet
Director of ESG & Climate
Research, Scientific Climate Indices …………………………………….
Shahyar Safaee
Deputy CEO and Business Development Director, Scientific Climate Indices

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