Full Title: Beyond Net Zero: How to Mobilize Passive Investing Towards Paris Alignment With a Focus on the United States
Author(s): Lihuan Zhou, Yili Wu, Anderson Lee, Ariel Pinchot
Publisher(s): World Resources Institute (WRI)
Publication Date: June 7, 2022
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Description (excerpt):
This paper provides a comprehensive and evolving framework for Paris-aligned passive investing, developed through expert consultations, using existing Paris Agreement-related frameworks, taxonomies, data sources, and principles. The framework is then used to analyze existing popular US sustainable funds and EU Paris-Aligned Benchmark funds to see how well they fulfill the criteria, revealing considerable deficiencies in portfolio construction across the board.