BUSINESS MAVERICK INTERVIEW: Sustainability: An overused term, but so very vital for investment

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Late in 2021, asset manager Ninety One appointed its deputy MD as Chief Sustainability Officer. It may sound like a demotion, but it’s far from it. Nazmeera Moola talks to Business Maverick about the role and her focus for 2022.

You are the deputy MD of Ninety One and head SA Investments within that company, but have now taken on the role of Chief Sustainability Officer. Is this a strange move for an economist who has been intimately involved in financial markets since 2010?A lot of people in South Africa find it strange. Perhaps because it sounds like a compliance function — with no disrespect to anyone in compliance. However, it is important that this role remains within the investment team.

acknowledges the different capabilities and differing responsibilities of individual countries in addressing climate change.Common but Differentiated Responsibilities”. Consider Microsoft, which, with its low carbon intensity, is a darling of the ESG world. But how many Microsofts do we have on the JSE? Thus, the metrics we set are important when it comes to ensuring that capital is not pulled from our market.

We run one of the largest EM credit funds, a big sovereign debt fund and a reasonably sized EM equity fund, and we are starting to see investors in northern Europe trying to impose the same carbon intensity reduction metrics on our portfolios. That is not appropriate.

 

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