AI and sustainability in investment

decisions

Marie-Laure Schaufelberger, CFA

Group Stewardship Officer

7th March 2019

ASUT, Geneva

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Let’s debunk some myths…

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The context

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Changing economics: Money will be lost… and made.

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Source: Unburnable Carbon – Are the world’s financial markets carrying a carbon bubble?, City Group 2018

The financial and human opportunity of the SDGsThe risk of “Business as usual”

RISK REWARD

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How can we leverage non-financial data for portfolios?

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Governance explorer

› Identify executives and board

members who worked for companies

with poor ESG ratings

› Rate these individuals through

a system of red flags

› Aggregate these red flags at company

level and rank companies within a

portfolio

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Beyond investing, we need to mobilize “AI for good”

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Source: WEF Global Risk Report; McKinsey Global Institute Analysis

Meet the future

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