Kirsty Jenkinson

Championing sustainable investment and stewardship at CalSTRS. Londoner in California. Views are my own.

[Kirsty Jenkinson @KFJenkinson]

Enjoyed reading this....Women Shattered the ESG Glass Ceiling, Now the Men Want In https://t.co/0kSIpZlA1p

[Kirsty Jenkinson @KFJenkinson]

This picture sums up my #CalSTRS colleague Mary Morris perfectly....always positive, always smiling. (And great to be next to #SASB Katie).

[corpdirforum @corpdirforum]

Happening NOW! Telling Your #ESG Story

Frank Partnoy (Moderator)
Mary Hartman Morris
Denise Jackson
Katie Schmitz Eulitt

#directorsforum #corpgov

[Kirsty Jenkinson @KFJenkinson]

The top 5 risks in WEF’s annual global risk report are environmental.

[World Economic Forum @wef]

This is what the world is worried by.

📕 Read more: https://t.co/V8dPjfUqQQ

[Brad Smith @BradSmi]

Today Microsoft announced an ambitious goal and a detailed plan to become carbon negative by 2030, remove our historical carbon emissions by 2050, and launch a $1B climate innovation fund. https://t.co/wrkkcRCntw

[BlackRock @BlackRock]

LISTEN: On this episode of The Bid #podcast, Rich Kushel, Head of Multi-Asset Strategies and Global Fixed Income, discusses why investors need to pay attention to the long-term risks associated with climate change. https://t.co/UxYIEkHgeX #BLKSustainability

[Kirsty Jenkinson @KFJenkinson]

The title is perfect - the end goal is essential to just being a good investor: BlackRock shakes up business to focus on sustainable investing https://t.co/BS65jbAn3L

[Kirsty Jenkinson @KFJenkinson]

Check out our latest report - using #TCFD framework.

[CalSTRS @CalSTRS]

Our climate risk management includes how we invest, how we use our influence as a global investor and how we disclose our stewardship activities. https://t.co/8OA9rUJKAN

[CalSTRS @CalSTRS]

CalSTRS urges @SEC_News not to burden investors with requirements that would compromise independence, effectiveness and competition for proxy advisers. https://t.co/8TXLum6NFR #SECProtectsCEOs #DontSilenceInvestors

[Kirsty Jenkinson @KFJenkinson]

We’re busy...and rightly so... https://t.co/2kcALNdj7R

[Kirsty Jenkinson @KFJenkinson]

Couldn’t agree more with this cogent summary - thanks for flagging!

[Elizabeth Lewis @Eliz_M_Lewis]

“Sustainable investment strategies including impact investing are forward-looking strategies based on how the world will look like in the future.”
Via The EDGE Markets @IFC_org⁩ #invest4impact ⁦ https://t.co/nQQ3H3nhWG

[Kirsty Jenkinson @KFJenkinson]

Elegant description of the essentials of climate policy.

[Ed Crooks @Ed_Crooks]

To succeed, climate policy must be effective, legitimate and global, and "the rogue US... will have to be penalised quite heavily", argues the @FT's Martin Wolf: https://t.co/Tob60aN8Uo

[Kirsty Jenkinson @KFJenkinson]

The proposed erosion of shareholder rights will limit our ability to influence and invest in a truly sustainable global economy.

[CalSTRS @CalSTRS]

CalSTRS statement on SEC proposed regulation https://t.co/5cNL4aeTGv

[Kirsty Jenkinson @KFJenkinson]

Currently reading.... https://t.co/YL7bBE5tZe

[Kirsty Jenkinson @KFJenkinson]

Great to devote a day of ⁦@CalSTRS⁩ annual board offsite to this. https://t.co/HisR0l4N2F

[UN Climate Change @UNFCCC]

Land is under pressure from humans and #climatechange, and it is at the same time part of the climate solution.

See the @IPCC_CH PRESS RELEASE on the Special Report on Climate Change and Land released today 👉 https://t.co/ttKnS8dIoa

#SRCCL

[Kirsty Jenkinson @KFJenkinson]

Currently reading - thanks ⁦@WRIAqueduct⁩. Quarter of Humanity Faces Looming Water Crises - The New York Times https://t.co/H4T3mM33vp

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

The electric revolution is here in #shipping
-Norway: 53 orders for operating all-electric ferry, cuts emissions 95% and costs 80%
-China: All-electric cargo ship with massive 2.4MWh battery launched
-Holland 'Tesla Ships': Port-Liner building 2 giant all-electric barges
#climate

[Kirsty Jenkinson @KFJenkinson]

@CalSTRS colleague, Aeisha Mastagni, sharing insights @ICGNCorpGov in Tokyo.

[ICGN @ICGNCorpGov]

Our panelists here this morning at #ICGN19 asking: : Shareholder primacy versus stakeholder primacy: is there an optimal model? #corpgov

[Kirsty Jenkinson @KFJenkinson]

Excellent summary visuals - next up reading this new @WorldResources report.

[World Resources Institute @WorldResources]

Feeding 10 billion people sustainably by 2050 requires closing three gaps: a 56% food gap, a 593 million-hectare land gap, and an 11-gigaton GHG mitigation gap. New report shows how. Learn more: https://t.co/3IZg0rU9lw #sustfoodfuture

[Kirsty Jenkinson @KFJenkinson]

Thank you @BHRRC for these succinct, helpful snapshots for investors to use.

[Phil Bloomer @pbloomer]

The renewable energy sector is essential to our urgent shift to a green economy and it must respect human rights.

Today @BHRRC release 5 human rights snapshots to guide responsible investment in everything from bioenergy to wind.

More here: https://t.co/cQ9ivY2DVz