COP26 – LATIN AMERICAN PILLARS OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

Over the first week of November, global leaders met at Glasgow, Scotland for the United Nations Climate Conference of Parties Edition 26th or better known as COP26. The conference focused on climate change and measures taken by governments and civil society to diminish global emissions to close to zero while limiting the rise in temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius or 2.7 Fahrenheit. Global climate is also part of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the UN inequality and poverty reduction 2030 agenda; climate change has become an increasingly important factor among the UN’s 17 goals. The following piece will look at the companies we have in our Latin American equities portfolios and the commitment these companies have towards the 2030 agenda.