Episode description

Today’s guest is Jennifer Wu, Chief Global Sustainable Investing Strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

Jennifer has extensive experience in sustainable investing, and in today’s episode we focus on sustainable investing from the perspective of J.P. Morgan Asset Management and how they assess financially material factors to then incorporate into their core strategies. We also get some practical advice from Jennifer about how we can incorporate ESG criteria into our own portfolios.

In today’s episode we cover: 

• Jennifer’s background in markets and sustainable investing
• The evolution of sustainable investing over the past decade, and the trends shaping the future
• The difference between sustainable investing and ESG
• The core ingredients that define sustainable investing strategies
• The power of engagement, through the lens of a case study
• How J.P. Morgan Asset Management are planning on meeting net zero by 2050
• The challenges of a lack of standardised definitions and criteria in sustainable investing

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