Ceres and Imperial College London’s Leonardo Centre on Business for Society explored Corporate Behavioural Insights — a pioneering, evidence-led approach empowering investors to generate meaningful, measurable — and monetisable — impact.
Moving beyond traditional ESG frameworks, the Leonardo Centre’s research highlights companies practising innovative and transformative behaviours consistently outperform financially — generating +2.5–2.7% alpha p.a. and a more reliable signal of transition risk.
Part of London Climate Action Week, this session brought together an exceptional line-up of leaders at the frontier of sustainable finance, to explore how a behaviour-led approach could complement — or transform — current investment practice.
Speakers:
Richard Damania, Chief Economist, World Bank
André Schneider, Chairman, World Climate Foundation
Mirtha Kastrapeli, Global Head, ISS STOXX Research Institute
What to expect:
A new alpha lens: identify companies with action-driven outperformance
From screening to strategy: practical steps to integrate behavioural signals into active investment approaches
Capital allocation that drives real-world transition — not just compliance.
Practical steps for organisations looking to embed behavioural change, from performative actions and those that actually drive transformative progress.
OutcomesÂ
Attendees gained insight into how a behaviour-led approach can accelerate corporate sustainability action, strengthen accountability, and unlock long-term value —positioning both investors and the businesses they back to move beyond traditional ESG ratings toward practices that are more measurable and impactful.