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Active ownership: A strategy to achieve net-zero goals

Influence the transition to a lower-carbon future

Learn how you can turn your investment influence into a powerful force for sustainability. Dive in to the world of active ownership, where savvy investors can drive the transition to a lower-carbon economy. By exerting influence toward companies in fulfilling specific environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals, you can leverage various strategies to achieve portfolio-level net-zero emissions.

What is active ownership?

Active ownership is the art of pulling levers of influence that can build to escalate and effect real-world change, allowing your voice to be heard in boardrooms and beyond. Imagine engagement not as small talk at a networking event, but as a strategic conversation that can set the stage for impactful outcomes. Whether it’s urging companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions or pushing for ambitious decarbonization targets, your proactive efforts can ignite transparency, accountability, and trust.

What every leader should know about active ownership

You can get proactive and transform your investment strategy into a force for global decarbonization. Active ownership is your backstage pass to driving real-world change. Step up and work to make your portfolio an investment in improving the planet.

The five potential benefits of active ownership

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For further discussion, please contact us. Deloitte has practitioners with experience in ESG and governance, risks, and controls across industries to advise.

                                                  

Cynthia Cummis
Audit & Assurance Sustainability
and Climate Specialist Leader
Sustainability and ESG Services
Deloitte & Touche LLP
ccummis@deloitte.com
+1 703 251 1755

                         

Sarah Digirolamo
Audit & Assurance Partner
Sustainability and ESG Services
Deloitte & Touche LLP
sdigirolamo@deloitte.com
+1 617 437 2194

                         

Mel Dubin
Audit & Assurance Manager
Sustainability and ESG Services
Deloitte & Touche LLP
mdubin@deloitte.com
+1 303 542 3967

                                                   

Christina Gunnell
Audit & Assurance Senior Manager
Sustainability and ESG Services
Deloitte & Touche LLP
cgunnell@deloitte.com
+1 212 653 6512

                         

Suzanne Smetana
Audit & Assurance Managing Director
Sustainability and ESG Services
Deloitte & Touche LLP
ssmetana@deloitte.com
+1 617 960 5452

                         

 

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