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Environmental Commitment and
Climate Solutions

Climate Change

As a business, Arabesque is strongly committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and has taken action to realise this ambition. We fully support the “well below 2 degrees Celsius” goal set out by the Paris Agreement and encourage reporting in line with the Task Force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) principles.

Following the Paris Agreement milestone, Arabesque S-Ray launched the Temperature Score. This unique metric evaluates a company’s contribution to the climate crisis and ultimately boost data disclosure and transparency.

At Arabesque, we are constantly focused on improving the assessment of climate-related risks and we have developed a wide set of products to support our clients.

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Environmental Commitment

With respect to the environment and the impact of our actions, Arabesque is committed to a series of firm goals in 2020. As a Group, we are aligned with action to keep global temperature well below 2 degrees Celsius, in accordance with the aims of the Paris Agreement, and are fully supportive of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. In 2020, Arabesque S-Ray set a target with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), committing to an emissions reduction in line with a well-below 2 degrees Celsius pathway.

Our targets are recognized on the Science Based Targets initiative website as well as its partners’ websites at CDP and We Mean Business.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on how and where we work, making us all take a step back to acknowledge and review our impact on the world. We recognise however that the climate crisis continues and action on climate change must not stop. Therefore, in 2020 we supported the UNGC ‘Recover Better’ initiative, focused on ensuring a sustainable recovery from the global pandemic.

Climate Solutions

Investment can be mobilized in different ways to address climate change:

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Divestment is the imposition of a blanket policy to eliminate any investment in companies engaged in fossil fuel (negative screening).

Targets removing direct and indirect emissions from specific activities.

  • Lower the carbon footprint of the portfolio
  • Alignment with the Paris-agreement
  • Alignment with the 2050 Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance

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Low-carbon strategies consider a company’s carbon efficiency, or absolute emissions, relatively to a science based benchmark, and favour companies with the better performance.

Targets minimizing direct and indirect emissions.

  • Lower the carbon footprint of the portfolio
  • Alignment with the Paris-agreement
  • Alignment with the 2050 Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance

Reach out to learn more about our Low Carbon Indices solutions

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Net-Zero strategies have a holistic ESG approach, incorporating but not limited to, climate change, and emphasise GHG emissions reduction outcomes in the real economy.

Limit temperature rise to no more than 1.5°C and contribute to a decarbonized economy by 2050.

  • Lower the carbon footprint of the portfolio
  • Alignment with the Paris-agreement
  • Alignment with the 2050 Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance

Reach out to learn more about our Global Climate Pathway Equity strategy

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