Green Impact Exchange

Businesses should act to embed climate resilience across their operations now, and the transition to sustainability is an opportunity rather than a sacrifice, says Johan Rockström, Director of PIK - PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. World Economic Forum report “Business on the Edge: Building Industry Resilience to Climate Hazards”, produced with Accenture, provides a roadmap to help businesses move forward to navigate the transformation. GIX agrees that getting future-ready by becoming climate resilient is an opportunity to embrace sooner rather than later to stand apart from peers and competitors, to attract capital from small and large investors, mitigate climate related expenses and losses, and accelerate long-term value creation. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dryTUaYv #resilience #sustainability #climaterisk #businessrisk #futureready

There is growing demand for transparency in sustainability reporting according to new 2025 report from Cerulli Associates. Their data shows asset owners are facing increasing pressure from regulators, clients, and the public so now they are increasingly requiring asset managers to provide detailed disclosures on environmental and sustainability activities. GIX agrees wholeheartedly about the importance of transparency around corporate sustainability initiatives and environmental promises. Transparency is the only way for investors to know company management 1) understands climate risk is business risk, 2) is proactively taking steps to mitigate risk from climate volatility, and 3) setting up the company for long-term value capture. The report also identifies that a lack of standardization of sustainability reporting remains a hurdle for investors, and its worth pointing out a securities exchange excels at being able to standardize reporting requirements for its listed companies. To read more: https://lnkd.in/egGeWy64 #sustainability #transparency #reporting #climaterisk #businessrisk

According to Workiva's 2025 Executive Benchmark Survey of 1,600 global leaders, 97% of executives say sustainability reporting will be a business advantage within two years, and 96% of investors agree it strengthens financial performance. Some key findings from the study: ● 97% of executives say integrated financial and sustainability data helps identify performance gaps that enhance financial growth opportunities. ● 85% will move forward with climate disclosures, regardless of political shifts. ● 92% of investors rank data accuracy as a foundational requirement to effectively evaluate organizations, yet nearly a quarter of executives do not fully trust their financial data. ● 93% of institutional investors are more likely to invest in companies with integrated financial and non-financial reporting. Julie Iskow, CEO of Workiva added, “Assured financial and sustainability reporting is not simply a compliance play, it's a strategic approach to mitigate risk, fuel performance, and strengthen investor confidence.” Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ec6zmdCV GIX agrees that transparent reporting and thoughtful governance policies are some of the best ways to ensure that sustainability initiatives translate into finding and retaining investors, preparing a company to be future-ready, and promoting long-term value creation. #sustainability #climaterisk #businessrisk #riskmitigation #investorprotection #reporting #transparency

What are CFOs saying about climate action amid domestic and geopolitical uncertainty? Ingmar Rentzhog in a guest article in Forbes surveys the rapidly shifting landscape, and says leading finance executives are balancing risk and opportunity by embedding climate strategy into their core business decisions. Some CFOs even are expecting higher financial returns from green initiatives than from traditional investments "Far from backing down, financial leaders are doubling down on climate action and sustainability—recognizing it as a necessary investment in both long-term profitability and business resilience." To learn how CFOs are navigating challenges and driving growth in uncertain times, read the whole article here: https://lnkd.in/dgKpzUAQ #sustainability #businessresilence #climateimpact #businessrisk #climaterisk #investorprotection #profitability

Sustainability reporting has evolved over the years to be sure, but with that evolution has come new challenges and hurdles. Greenwashing, greenhushing, greenshifting, greenrising... there seems to be an ever expanding lexicon for ways that reporting sometimes lacks the transparency investors want and need to make informed decisions about the progress and success of a company's sustainability initiatives. Green Impact Exchange Chief Strategy Officer Alex Kontoleon and Chief Green Officer Shelley Goldberg, have dug into the topic to explain the similarities and differences between these various types of sustainability reporting challenges. Want to know more? Take a look at our recent paper below. #sustainability #research #greenwashing #greenhushing #sustainabilityreporting #communications

Equities Leaders Summit 2025 is almost here! Keep an eye out for our CEO Daniel Labovitz and Co-Heads of Institutional Trading & Strategy Peter Jenkins and Jim Ross who will be manning the GIX booth at the exhibition hall. Stop by to say hello and learn more about GIX. #EquitiesLeadersSummit #conference #trading #networking

GIX is proud to be one of the sponsors of the Equities Leaders Summit in Miami, Florida this year in February. The summit is a conference primarily focused on bringing together key players from the financial industry including asset managers, hedge funds, and technology providers, to network, discuss strategies, and share insights about the future of equities trading. Over the years the summit has evolved into being considered a leading gathering for buy-side focused equity trading in the U.S. where attendees can engage with major market participants and learn about emerging trends in the field. Keep an eye out for our CEO Daniel Labovitz and Co-Heads of Institutional Trading & Strategy Peter Jenkins and Jim Ross who will be manning the GIX booth at the exhibition hall. If you're going - stop by to say hello and learn more about GIX. Stop by the conference website to see more about who will be attending and the agenda of programming: https://lnkd.in/dDq66Fu #EquitiesLeadersSummit #equitiestrading #ELS2025

Existing climate-economy models assume climate change has equal impacts on the productivity of firms that produce consumption and investment goods and services. An article published in the European Economic Review talks about several new interesting correlations such as: 1) When investment is more vulnerable to climate, the authors find smaller short-run consumption losses than leading models suggest, but larger long-run consumption losses. 2) An example where the authors examine labor productivity losses from heat stress in the US Economy finding there is an increase in the welfare cost of the climate damage from heat stress by approximately 4% to 23% depending on circumstances and variables in their model. Climate volatility can have a meaningful impact on a company's productivity and its bottom line both when it effects its capital investments but also on its workforce. Read the whole article here: (https://lnkd.in/eNmqw7UJ) #sustainability #humancapital #climateimpact #productivity #businessrisk #climaterisk #investorprotection #ROI

These days most companies understand that climate risk is business risk. Prudent companies are already taking steps to show they are trying to ameliorate climate risk - as evidenced by articles like this one in the Financial Times: https://lnkd.in/dd-aX3A7 What's still missing is that investors need transparency into the business impact and effectiveness these sustainability investments and initiatives have on a company's bottom line. Companies need a way to demonstrate their efforts are not greenwashing but are genuinely making themselves future-ready. That's what Green Impact Exchange is here to do. #BusinessRisk #ClimateRisk #Sustainability #Transparency #Accountability #InvestorProtection #ROI

Climate Risk is Business Risk. In an article published in Investment Executive author James Langton highlights that the findings in a report of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) in a report that 1) explains how the effects of climate change pose a potential systemic threat to the financial sector, and 2) sets out FSB’s approach to developing a framework to assess and address these looming threats. "While climate-related shocks — including both physical risks, such as destructive floods and wildfires, and transition risks, such as policy shifts and technological innovations — can trigger typical stability risks, such as credit, market and liquidity risks, they may be more challenging to assess, given the novelty and uncertainty surrounding these kinds of events, the FSB said in the report released Thursday." Accordingly, the FSB has developed an analytical framework to help regulators and policymakers assess the build-up of climate-related vulnerabilities in the global financial system. FSB also released a new set of forward-looking metrics designed to “help identify the drivers of climate risks and related exposures in the financial system and real economy, and to quantify their financial impact.” Read the whole FSB report here: https://lnkd.in/gYB_gNGz #BusinessRisk #ClimateRisk #Sustainability #ROI