RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Evolving Landscape of Big Data Analytics and ESG Materiality Mapping
JF The Journal of Impact and ESG Investing
FD PMR
SP jesg.2021.1.034
DO 10.3905/jesg.2021.1.034
A1 Sucharita Gopal
A1 Joshua Pitts
A1 Kalyani Inampudi
A1 Yingqiang Xu
A1 Graham Cook
YR 2021
UL https://pm-research.com/content/early/2021/11/22/jesg.2021.1.034.abstract
AB Raging hurricanes, devastating floods, sea-level rise, heatwaves, and other extreme weather conditions are now attributed to climate change. The authors propose that climate change poses a significant investment risk in terms of economic losses and societal disruptions such as migration, infectious diseases, and increasing vulnerability of exposure to more frequently reoccurring weather events. They discuss optimum utilization of big data and data analytics along with artificial intelligence to assess the materiality of these potential risks in portfolios. Further, they highlight emerging and established approaches through two case studies on wine and coastal tourism industries to highlight how the overall investment management community can benchmark its exposure, risk, and vulnerabilities, coupled with future impacts and building resiliency, across portfolio management and investments.