Shireen Muhiudeen on Climate Change
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In under ten years, the world will have to take stock of how far we have come in taking urgent action to combat the impact from climate change, as well as to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy. These are among two of the Sustainable Development Goals set for 2030, which make a case for tackling climate change, alongside other social and economic deprivations.
However, it is not just governments that are responsible for sustainable development — an equally powerful force is exerted by national and international corporations, which are increasingly investing in sustainable businesses. Despite the business and financial challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, global corporate giants remain committed to incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into their business practices, and believe that this is the way forward in the future.
Since COVID, sustainability targets are now included as part of the management’s key performance indicators, and some of these global players are now discussing setting remuneration policies based on these sustainability targets in the years to come.
Shireen Muhiudeen is the founder of Corston-Smith Asset Management. She set up Corston-Smith after 12 years with the global insurance company, AIG. In all, she has more than 29 years of focused fund management expertise. In recognition of her work in the industry, she was named one of the 25 most influential women in the Asia-Pacific region for asset management by Asian Investor, a regional publication, in June 2011 and in March 2014, she was honoured by Forbes Asia as one of the 50 Asia’s Power Businesswomen 2014. Find out more about former bursa chairman Shireen Muhiudeen here.