Matthew Leatherman

Nov 4, 2024 | top1000funds.com | Ben Thornley |Amanda White |Sarah Maynard |Matthew Leatherman

Ben Thornley, co-founder at Tideline, looks at how value creation practices bring a manager’s impact credentials into sharper focus, the strong positive correlation between impact and financial performance, and the role of allocators in incentivizing and enabling managers to deliver impact value. As the impact investing market matures, with over $1 trillion in capital, many of its distinguishing characteristics are becoming more widely understood.

Dec 18, 2023 | top1000funds.com | Amanda White |Darcy Song |Ben Hurley |Matthew Leatherman

COP28 in Dubai had all the ingredients for both decisive action and controversy. Given the UAE’s status as a significant fossil fuel producer, it was seen by many as the host likeliest both to commit significant resources as well as face criticism from climate campaigners. Perhaps inevitably, both happened. First, action. COP28 produced the most deliberate commitment from participants to move away from fossil fuels, in the form of its annual “global stocktake”.

Dec 8, 2023 | institutionalinvestor.com | Eric Uhlfelder |Matthew Leatherman |Andrew Beer

If those on either side of the debate over environmental, social, and governance investments feel thoroughly convinced of their arguments, they should think again. Getting ESG closer to right will be extraordinarily challenging but likely worth the effort. Even when mindful of ESG, many allocators may not have a thorough understanding of how their positions are making a difference on issues of key concern.

Nov 19, 2023 | top1000funds.com | Matthew Leatherman |Sarah Rundell |Herman Bril |Stella Xu

Investors and corporations will arrive in Dubai for COP28 later this month, and the world is depending on them to recognize and address a paradox: ordinary net zero 2050 commitments are one of the biggest threats to achieving net zero carbon emissions in 2050. While paradoxical, this is quite simple to understand. On their own, net-zero commitments reward divestment, and that merely changes the ownership of dirty assets, not emissions into the atmosphere.