This White Paper builds on findings in the “Transformational Investment: Converting Global Systemic Risks into Sustainable Returns” White Paper, which focuses on the investment opportunities and risks of today’s most challenging global trends. Based on further engagement with global asset owners and asset managers, this paper addresses:

– How asset owners adapt decision-making to capture global systemic trends (takeaway 1)

– What differentiates an asset owner’s level of advancement in addressing the trends (takeaway 2)

– What new and tested solutions exist (takeaway 3) How asset owners engage with stakeholders to effect regulatory, policy and company-specific change (takeaway 4)

– How asset owners use data and tools to improve investment decision-making (takeaway 5) The paper summarizes the actions taken by asset owners to integrate the trends into their investment and risk management processes. It synthesizes the findings into a self-assessment framework that investors can use to improve their readiness in dealing with systemic challenges. It also presents investment solutions and opportunities that accelerate the industry’s ability to address the trends (click here for the “Climate change self-assessment workshop”chart and click here for additional exhibits).