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Climate change calculus: HNWIs and sustainable impact investing

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    • Investing in companies that mitigate climate change can not only safeguard the tangible assets that HNWIs enjoy but also help preserve the assets for their heirs.
    • Investing in companies that mitigate climate change can not only safeguard the tangible assets that HNWIs enjoy but also help preserve the assets for their heirs. PHOTO: PIXABAY

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    Yinka Faleti

    Yinka Faleti

    Published Fri, Mar 29, 2024 · 10:00 AM

    CLIMATE change is inescapable even for high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs). Its effects are forcing both short and long-term decisions on HNWIs and their family offices.

    the short term, the phenomenon is changing the calculus of where HNWIs choose to live, travel and do business. In the long term, it is making them question what the world will look like for their children, grandchildren and society as a whole.

    Socially responsible and sustainable impact investing give HNWIs tools to protect their short and long-term interests – and to potentially reap financial rewards along the way.

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