Edition 2020 Ninth edition
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"The potential impact of climate risks is large, non-linear and hard to estimate.
Losses from climate-related risk affect the financial system directly and indirectly through lower economic growth and tighter financial conditions. Insurance claims from natural losses have already quadrupled since the 1980s." In 2017, One Planet brought together a group of wealth funds, including Kuwait Investment Authority, with $15 trillion of assets and the aim of integrating climate change into portfolios. There is a growing recognition that these issues may affect the way that allocations of capital continue to move between sectors, assets and locations, leaving some "stranded" while driving new approaches to infrastructure and the use of land. 3.9. Various answers are being developed to the problems of the necessary meas- urement of environmental performance, such as the EU's recently agreed Green Taxonomy for classifying green investments and the Green Bond Standard to in- dicate companies' progress in transition as well as whether they are of the highest standard or not. The development of these approaches will in turn influence how property and other markets evolve. 3.10. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) describes companies' voluntary choice to integrate the consideration of social and environmental issues into their daily business to demonstrate ethical behaviour and improve social conditions. This may include considering: • Inputs, such as raw materials, energy, water; • Processes, such as environmentally friendly production and associated waste; and • Publicity, such as community relations. 204 III. Valuation and Sustainability European Valuation Standards 2020 The more developed policies will cover property occupation and investment and so may have an effect on both capital and Rental Values. 3.11. While voluntary, an increasing number of companies accept CSR as an element in business plans and annual company statements. In some cases, it may be seen as a proxy for quality and good, sensitive management. It may be that the largest com- panies will be legally required to report on these matters. In some countries, the law already regulates the presentation of non-financial performance indicators. 3.12. A CSR policy may be driven by a company's strategic plan, its corporate risk strat- egy, the needs for grants and funding or pressure from investors, customers and others. A clear statement of the company's rationale will be needed for any ap- praisal of its impact. More generally, it may be associated with concern to reduce reputational risk and include control of its supply chain. 3.13. Some companies encompass the ecological, social and economic aspects of sustainability in the concept of the "Triple Bottom Line", analysing and reporting performance under each heading. This is, of necessity, a permanently evolving approach and indeed sustainability could be extended to consider technical and functional quality. 3.14. Responsible Property Investment (RPI) is a framework for investors to maxim- ise the positive effects and minimise the negative effects of property owner- ship, management and development on society and the natural environment. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Finance Initiative is now deliver- ing regional roundtables on sustainable finance. With its Principles for Responsi- ble Banking and for Sustainable Insurance, it has set out Principles for Responsible Investment to incorporate environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues into company policies and practice, offering a series of toolkits for this. Its declaration requires companies to look to their "investment service providers (…) Download 1.74 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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