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UK’s National Trust Makes "Moonshot" Investments in Climate Tech

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Annachiara Marcandalli, CFA Global Head of SII Solutions

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Joshua Featherby Managing Director

Cambridge Associates partners closely with National Trust, the UK’s biggest private landowner and one of the first movers to take bold action against climate change. The organization is on a path to take their endowment net zero by 2030, twenty years ahead of The Paris Agreement.

This Bloomberg article examines the investment strategy National Trust has deployed to reach net zero by the end of the decade. The article features commentary from the charity’s CFO, Peter Vermeulen, as well as Cambridge Associates’ Global Head of SII Solutions Annachiara Marcandalli and Managing Director Josh Featherby. Together, they discuss National Trust’s divestment strategy, improved manager selection process, investment in climate solutions and carbon offsets.

Read the full article here.

Annachiara Marcandalli, CFA - Annachiara Marcandalli is the Global Head of SII Solutions at Cambridge Associates. She also leads the firm’s Italian business.

Joshua Featherby - Joshua Featherby is a Managing Director at Cambridge Associates.

 

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