
Vincent Nichols, US-based Investment Specialist of US Equities & Global Thematics at BNP Paribas Asset Management discusses the opportunities abound in technology and innovation for businesses and how BNP Paribas Disruptive Technology can enhance your investment portfolio.

BNP Paribas AM: Getting along – Can investors influence geopolitics to improve climate action?
The outcome of the 2021 COP26 climate conference showed that, despite nations planning their own environmental efforts, collective climate action is difficult to foster. What does this mean for investors? Is there any way governments can be swayed into working together more effectively?

BNP Paribas AM: ‘Greenflation’ – Navigating the climate policy, oil price and inflation nexus
Given the relationship between climate policies, oil prices and inflation and the difficulties in managing inflation through interest rate policy, it is worth taking a closer look at the dynamics involved. How might climate policies, oil prices and inflation evolve given the outlook for oil? To what extent are oil prices and consumer price inflation actually linked?

BNP Paribas AM: Quiz – Ten questions on the ‘code red’ climate crisis
The latest report on climate change includes a stark warning that action is needed now to try to contain human-induced global warming and its dire consequences for global weather, societies around the world, our economies and by extension for investing.

BNP Paribas AM: Made in Marseille – The framework for a global biodiversity strategy?
The world’s largest organisation for the protection of nature - the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – holds its quadrennial gathering in Marseille in September 2021. Rescheduled from 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the event is the biggest environmental conference involving governments, corporates and non-profit organisations.

BNP Paribas AM: Building CSR into company culture is paramount
There is much talk in the investor community around the three letters “ESG” (environmental, social, governance), but when it comes to corporate sustainability, CSR (corporate social responsibility), is equally as important.

BNP Paribas AM: How to finance climate change resilience
It’s critical to grow the market for solutions to reduce the physical risk of climate change, say Alex Bernhardt and Thibaud Clisson.

BNP Paribas AM: What links climate change, biodiversity loss and gender?
An effective response to the twin problems of climate change and biodiversity loss must also be grounded in improving gender equality.

BNP Paribas AM: Why investor appetite for sustainability-linked bonds is growing
Despite representing a relatively small proportion of sustainable bond issuance today, sustainability-linked bonds are rapidly becoming more popular. Xuan Sheng Ou Yong from BNP Paribas AM looks at these performance-linked securities and their advantages and disadvantages.

BNP Paribas AM: How can we tackle the effects of air pollution on human health?
The quality of the air we breathe can have a significant impact on our health. Alex Bernhardt from BNP Paribas AM explores the climate change-driven causes of air pollution and how to tackle the problem.
