{"id":59664,"date":"2020-01-30T08:14:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T13:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dejusticia.org\/?p=59664"},"modified":"2020-02-04T12:20:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T17:20:20","slug":"the-climate-momentum-has-reached-blackrock-now-lets-get-down-to-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.dejusticia.org\/en\/the-climate-momentum-has-reached-blackrock-now-lets-get-down-to-business\/","title":{"rendered":"The climate momentum has reached BlackRock; now let\u2019s get down to business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 14 January 2020, BlackRock, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/01\/14\/business\/dealbook\/larry-fink-blackrock-climate-change.html?te=1&amp;nl=climate-fwd:&amp;emc=edit_clim_20200115?campaign_id=54&amp;instance_id=15216&amp;segment_id=20354&amp;user_id=ca1bc1ceef5e6578d0b28b91aa38f5f6&amp;regi_id=8814996420200115\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the world\u2019s largest fund manager, with investments close to US$7 trillion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, officially concluded that <\/span><b>climate risk is investment risk<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and that it will consider how companies are confronting climate change in its investment decisions. In his letter to CEOs of the world\u2019s largest companies entitled \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackrock.com\/corporate\/investor-relations\/larry-fink-ceo-letter\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Fundamental Reshaping of Finance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d Larry Fink, BlackRock\u2019s Founder and CEO, said:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Over the 40 years of my career in finance, I have witnessed a number of financial crises and challenges \u2013 the inflation spikes of the 1970s and early 1980s, the Asian currency crisis in 1997, the dot-com bubble, and the global financial crisis. Even when these episodes lasted for many years, they were all, in the broad scheme of things, short-term in nature. Climate change is different. Even if only a fraction of the projected impacts is realized, this is a much more structural, long-term crisis. <\/span><b>Companies, investors, and governments must prepare for a significant reallocation of capital.&#8221;<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bill McKibben, a long-time climate activist and founder of 350.org, described Fink\u2019s letter as nothing short of \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/daily-comment\/citing-climate-change-blackrock-will-start-moving-away-from-fossil-fuels\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seismic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d since <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/daily-comment\/citing-climate-change-blackrock-will-start-moving-away-from-fossil-fuels\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BlackRock holds almost 10 cents of every dollar circulating in the world today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He said, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2020\/jan\/15\/blackrock-climate-change-environment-divestment-coal\">This is the biggest pot of money<\/a> in the world[. T]he climate crisis [is] so grave that no one can turn away &#8230; activist pressure has reached a point that even the richest companies are not immune.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tim Buckley, Director of Energy Finance Studies at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, clarifies the game-changing impact of Fink\u2019s letter: \u201cIf the world\u2019s largest investor makes it clear the rules have changed, then other globally significant [actors] will rapidly replicate and reinforce these moves, reducing stranded asset risks for all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two things must be clarified at the outset. First, BlackRock said it will reduce investments in thermal coal, not all coal (metallurgical or coking coal, used to produce steel, is also a significant contributor of emissions). Second, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackrock.com\/au\/individual\/learning-centre\/active-and-passive-investing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BlackRock\u2019s shift<\/a> currently applies only to its actively managed funds, not its passive investments in index funds, which are sizeable.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nonetheless, this is a big step forward for climate, because BlackRock\u2019s sheer size (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/articles\/markets\/012616\/how-blackrock-makes-money.asp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">over 90% of Fortune 100 companies do business with BlackRock<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) means its investment decisions can affect <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> investments, <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/blackrock-is-the-canary-in-the-coalmine-its-decision-to-dump-coal-signals-whats-next-129972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">all the way down to home mortgages<\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Fink\u2019s announcement helps establish climate risk as a mainstream <a href=\"https:\/\/350.org\/blackrocks-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">risk management issue<\/a>,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> not one just for environmentalists. It also confirms two things that have driven climate activism:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><b>1. Consumer activism works.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we think that what we demand, choose, or even <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ask<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as individuals is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, this case shows the opposite. In an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dyumUMOh4Zw\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">interview with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CNBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Fink said one fundamental driver for his letter was climate change becoming the top issue clients raise with BlackRock. Wherever he goes, investors bombard him with questions about the climate crisis, shifting investments away from fossil fuels, and avoiding stranded assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And while the concern of some may be primarily financial rather than climate stability,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the takeaway is that consumer demands, choices, and questions matter.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Concern about the climate has gone beyond the vegan and fossil-free movements to include the average person worried about his pension. Mark Carney, former head of the Bank of England, earlier warned that pension fund assets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2020\/jan\/15\/blackrock-climate-change-environment-divestment-coal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">might become worthless<\/a> unless companies confront the climate emergency.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Individuals took notice and asked. The climate movement has benefited. This collective concern has pushed fund managers to a tipping point, forcing them to scrutinize the long-term viability of the businesses they invest the public\u2019s money in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><b>2. The youth are crucial to the climate movement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several CEOs have cited <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2019\/11\/25\/ceos-climate-change-kids\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">their own children<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as reasons they are greatly concerned about climate change. At the 2019 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortune<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Global Forum, a CEO said, \u201cI cannot go to a meeting\u2026 without hearing [this:] when we go back home at night, [we\u2019re asked]: \u2018Mom and Dad, what is your company doing for the planet?\u2019\u201d A study published in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-019-0463-3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nature<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> confirmed that children can indeed influence their parents\u2019 perceptions on climate change, especially among conservative parents and among fathers, who were previously the least concerned about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More importantly, as millennials take the helm of businesses and governments, as they become CEOs, policymakers, and heads of State, they will change the way business decisions are made, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackrock.com\/corporate\/investor-relations\/larry-fink-ceo-letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with a strong emphasis on sustainability<\/a> and profit with purpose.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, while some are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2020\/01\/17\/some-big-investors-want-to-be-on-right-side-of-sustainability-author.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">skeptical<\/a> about Fink\u2019s announcement,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the letter itself is a clear signal to the global business community that if corporations do not make plans to confront the climate crisis, they risk their very survival. Businesses worldwide would therefore do well to incorporate sustainability into their strategic plans immediately.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This opens a clear window of opportunity for climate and rights advocates to engage more deeply with investors, pension fund managers, businesses, and policymakers to consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documents.clientearth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/library\/2018-08-13-why-investors-should-act-in-response-to-climate-related-risks-and-opportunities-a-survey-of-current-evidence-coll-en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">climate risk<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in investment decisions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rights advocates can leverage the heightened attention on climate to <\/span><b>define what it means for sustainability to be the new standard for investing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For example, they can:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; dialogue with banks and financial institutions to jointly develop criteria to determine which \u201cgreen\u201d proposals are in fact sustainable and which ones are mere greenwashing;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; propose to fund managers and financial institutions clear, detailed metrics to determine how climate considerations and broader environmental and social safeguards can be considered in investment portfolios;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; engage with bodies like the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsb-tcfd.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (TCFD) to continually improve how businesses can voluntarily report on climate-related risks and information. Contributing to a robust disclosure system increases the reliability of information about business exposure to climate-related risks, encourages more businesses to join the initiative, and helps channel funds to support the transition to a more sustainable global economy;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; scrutinize the disclosures themselves to keep the pressure on businesses and especially on directors to responsibly discharge their fiduciary duty of ensuring they make sound, sustainable decisions;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; undertake enforcement and liability actions as appropriate; and<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; push policymakers to make climate-related financial disclosures mandatory. Governments play a crucial role in influencing private sector activity through regulation. Businesses understand laws with sanctions because non-compliance hurts their profits.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To speak in a language private sector understands, \u201ca sustainable portfolio will maximize profits over time.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Climate change and rights advocates can take advantage of this current business climate to clarify what having a sustainable portfolio truly means.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BlackRock, the world\u2019s largest fund manager, with investments close to US$7 trillion, officially concluded that climate risk is investment risk and that it will consider how companies are confronting climate change in its investment decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1773,4491,1615],"tags":[4946,4947,4948],"class_list":["post-59664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internationalization","category-home_internacional-en","category-environmental-justice","tag-blackrock","tag-climate-crisis","tag-finance","subcategory-bhr","subcategory-globalization","subcategory-home_internacional-en","subcategory-natural-resources","medium-dejusticia-en","post-scope-international-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The climate momentum has reached BlackRock; 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