The Ceres Investor Network includes over 180 institutional investors, managing more than $30 trillion in assets, advancing leading investment practices, corporate engagement strategies, and key policy and regulatory solutions. Our key global investor collaborations include the Climate Action 100+ initiative, The Investor Agenda, the Paris Aligned Investment Initiative and the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative.
Influential investors from leading asset management firms, public pension funds, labor and socially-responsible investment funds, foundations, endowments and family offices make up the Ceres Investor Network.
Ceres Investor Network members engage and collaborate on environmental, social, and governance issues to advance leading investment practices, corporate engagement strategies and policy solutions through working groups and shared learning opportunities, such as webinars and events. Ceres works with investors specifically to better manage carbon, water and supply chain risks, and ramp up global investments in clean energy and sustainable food and water systems.
In addition, Ceres Investor Network members pressure stock exchanges and capital market regulators to improve climate and sustainability risk disclosure, and opportunities to advocate for stronger climate, clean energy and water policies at all levels of government.
Ceres also tracks shareholder resolutions filed by our Investor Network members on sustainability-related issues that companies are facing, focusing on climate change, energy, water scarcity, and sustainability reporting. These resolutions are part of broader investor efforts encouraging companies to address the full range of environmental, social and governance issues. The resolutions are filed by some of the nation’s largest public pension funds, foundations, and religious, labor and socially responsible investors.
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Working Groups
Paris Aligned Investment Working Group
The Paris Aligned Investment Working Group provides a forum for discussion and exchange of investment practices, frameworks, and resources to support both asset owners and managers in setting and implementing investor climate action plans and net zero portfolio targets. As investors worldwide seek to align their portfolios with the goals of the Paris Agreement and determine what net zero means for investments, portfolio construction, engagement, reporting, and advocacy, this working group also helps members navigate among global initiatives.
Climate Action 100+ North America Working Group
The Climate Action 100+ North America Working Group was launched in November 2017. With more than 70 Investor Network members participating, the working group has organized investor teams to begin engagements with 32 North American focus list companies, and will be coordinating and supporting these engagements.
Ceres Working Group on Land Use and Climate
The Land Use and Climate Working Group is designed with a broad and overarching focus that addresses the intersection of climate change and land use, and allows for multiple work streams with specific goals and objectives to protect, improve and restore natural landscapes.
Shareholder Initiative on Climate and Sustainability
The Shareholder Initiative on Climate and Sustainability works with investors seeking to engage on filing shareholder proposals and corporate engagements on key climate, energy and sustainability issues.
Policy Working Group
The Policy Working Group works with investors to engage global, federal and state policy makers and regulators on key climate change and clean energy issues through a variety of vehicles, including direct advocacy, thought leadership and media engagement.
Investor Water Hub
The Investor Water Hub works with investors to evaluate and manage water risks in investment practices and decision-making.
Hub members and Ceres have released the first ever toolkit for managing water risks in investment portfolios. Explore the toolkit here.
Carbon Asset Risk Working Group
The Carbon Asset Risk Working Group works with investors to develop strategies and tactics for engaging with oil and gas and electric power companies as they transition to a low-carbon economy.
Private Equity Working Group
Private Equity Working Group will support General Partners (GP) and Limited Partners (LP) to transition investment portfolios towards a sustainable net zero economy. Ceres will facilitate monthly sessions that will provide GPs and LPs with the latest climate-centric and sustainable investment practices, policies, frameworks and tools to: i) Assess, manage and mitigate ESG and climate risks, ii) Adopt investment practices in alignment with the Net Zero Investment Framework, iii) Align environmental and social impacts of investments to support sustainable development, and iv) Develop and implement investor climate action plans.
Experts
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William “Billy” Gridley
Director, Investor Network
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The Rev. Kirsten Snow Spalding
Senior Program Director, Investor Network
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Chris Fox
Senior Director, Investor Network
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Lindsey White
Director, Investor Network
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