Investment Innovations Toward Achieving Net Zero 

Voices of Influence 

 

INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL 

Brian Bruce: Editor (15 January 2025) 

Robert Engle: New York University (15 January 2025) 

Introduction  (29 October 2024) 

Chris Fidler: Head, Codes and Standards, CFA Institute

 

PART 1: STRATEGIC 

Tools Used by System-Level Investors in Their Net-Zero Initiatives (29 October 2024) 

Jon Lukomnik: Sustainable Investing Research Initiative, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University New York 

William Burckart: Sustainable Investing Research Initiative, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University New York 

 

A New Focus for Investor Climate Commitments (13 November 2024) 

Tom Gosling: LSE Law School London 

 

Carbonomics: The Economics of Reaching Net Zero (27 November 2024) 

Michele Della Vigna, CFA: Goldman Sachs Milan 

Milan Yulia Bocharnikova: Goldman Sachs International Dubai 

Anastasia Shalaeva: Goldman Sachs International Dubai 

Quentin Marbach: Goldman Sachs International London 

 

Global Trends and Developments in Carbon Pricing (15 January 2025) 

Bei Cui: Monash Centre for Financial Studies Melbourne 

Nga Pham: Monash Centre for Financial Studies Melbourne 

Ummul Ruthbah: Monash Centre for Financial Studies 

Trinh Le: Monash Centre for Financial Studies Melbourne 

Jan Ahrens: SparkChange Bremen Germany 

Roger Cohen: C2Zero Sydney 

 

PART 2: TACTICAL 

Carbon Emissions Data (23 December 2024) 

Robert Furdak, CFA: Man Group Boston 

Tracey Nilsen-Ames: Man Numeric Boston 

Anna-Marie Tomm: Man Group London 

Jeremy Wee, CFA: Man Numeric Boston 

Valerie Xiang, CFA: Man Numeric Cambridge MA 

 

Attribution of Portfolios with Climate-Related Signals (11 December 2024) 

Andrew Ang: BlackRock New York 

Debarshi Basu: BlackRock New York 

Marco Corsi: BlackRock London 

 

Aligning Investments with the Paris Agreement: Frameworks for a Net-Zero Pathway (29 October 2024) 

Raul Leote de Carvalho: BNP Paribas Asset Management Nanterre, France 

Jane Ambachtsheer: Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford, and BNP Paribas Asset Management Toronto 

Alexander Bernhardt: BNP Paribas Asset Management Boston 

Thibaud Clisson: BNP Paribas Asset Management Nanterre, France 

Henry Morgan: BNP Paribas Asset Management Nanterre, France  

Guillaume Kovarcik: BNP Paribas Asset Management Nanterre, France  

Francois Soupe: BNP Paribas Asset Management Nanterre, France 

 

Building Net-Zero Aligned Portfolios (8 January 2025) 

Antonios Lazanas: Bloomberg New York 

Zarvan Khambatta, CFA, CAIA: New York 

Yingjin Gan: Jersey City, NJ 

Lingjuan Ma: Bromley UK 

 

Net-Zero Investing: Harnessing the Power of Unstructured Data (23 December 2024) 

Andy Moniz: Acadian Asset Management 

Devin Nial: Acadian Asset Management 

Matthew Picone: Acadian Asset Management 

Lukasz Pomorski: Acadian Asset Management 

Jerry Yu: Acadian Asset Management 

  

3D Investing: Implications for Net Zero (13 November 2024) 

Clint Howard: Robeco Rotterdam 

Mike Chen: Robeco Rotterdam 

 

Carbon Emissions, Net-Zero Transition, and Implications for Equity Portfolio Risk (8 January 2025) 

Gregoire Campos: Allspring Global Investments Berkeley, California 

Harindra de Silva, CFA: Allspring Global Investments Palos Verdes Peninsula, California 

Megan Miller, CFA: Allspring Global Investments San Francisco 

 

Integrating Forward-Looking Climate Metrics in Corporate Fixed Income Index Portfolios (15 January 2025) 

Kushal Shah: State Street Global Advisors London 

Alexis Royer: State Street London 

Rupert Cadbury: State Street Global Advisors London 

 

PART 3: CASE STUDIES 

Reconciling Portfolio Diversification with a Shrinking Carbon Footprint (27 November 2024) 

Patrick Bolton: Columbia University New York and Imperial College London 

Marcin Kacperczyk: Imperial College London 

Henrik Lorin Rasmussen: Danish Pension Fund (PenSam) Copenhagen 

Frédéric Samama: Paris Institute of Political Studies, Columbia University, and S&P Global Sustainable1 Paris 

 

Green and Transition Finance on the Municipal Level: The Case of Huzhou City (11 December 2024) 

Dr Ma Jun: Beijing Institute of Finance and Sustainability and Peking University 

Yunhan Chen: Beijing Institute of Finance and Sustainability