How safely has the COP15 agreement really landed amongst investors?

COP fatigue, a lack of world leader presence, and the time of year were all factors creating fear for stilted negotiations and lacklustre outcomes ahead of COP15 this month from around the ESG community. Sophie Lawrence, stewardship and engagement lead at Rathbone Greenbank Investments, cited "biodiversity burnout" and "the sheer volume of working groups and different components" to the negotiating process giving "serious concerns raised by participants that an agreement wouldn't get across the line". Yet, the focus was strongly on the biggest of pictures, "heading into COP15, this 30...