LGIM Blog - Catherine Ogden, Manager - Sustainability & Responsible Investment

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Catherine Ogden is the Director for Investment Stewardship within L&G’s Asset Management division and is responsible for climate, leading thematic, sectoral and policy engagements and integrating our approach with investment teams.

Catherine also leads the integration of global norms and conventions into company-wide responsible investment policies.

Catherine joined L&G in 2015 from Adam Smith international, an international development consultancy, where she worked for four years with governments in Africa and Asia on the sustainable policy, planning and management of the oil, gas and mining sectors.

Prior to this, Catherine spent five years as a cross-sector French small and mid-cap equity analyst.

Catherine graduated from what is now the University of Durham in 2005 with a BA in economics and modern languages, and in 2011 from the School of Oriental and African Studies, with an MA in globalisation and multinational corporations.

Other articles by Catherine Ogden

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Investors cannot afford to ignore deforestation

Combating deforestation is critical to addressing climate change, achieving net-zero goals and preserving ecosystems. It is a key issue for investors. Here's what we are doing to address the problem.

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COP15: how LGIM is tackling biodiversity loss

Having discussed what changes we’ll be pushing for at the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal, we lay out what we're already doing as asset managers to tackle the nature loss crisis.

COP15: it’s time we had a ‘Paris moment for nature’

COP15 represents a historic opportunity to commit reversing nature loss this decade. We will be there and supporting calls for a Paris moment for nature.

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Why nature is so necessary to net zero

In addition to a looming climate catastrophe, we are also facing a nature crisis - both of which are inextricably linked.

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Biodiversity: an intergovernmental COP out?

With governments struggling to gain traction on nature loss, corporates and financial institutions shoulder ever-greater responsibility to drive positive change.

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Say on Climate: empowering shareholders to drive positive change

Last year we called on companies to propose a 'Say on Climate' vote, and this year we are laying out our expectations on climate-transition plans.

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Climate change: how we engage on adaptation

We believe adaptation to a warming world must not be overlooked; in this blog, we explain why and how we engage on this topic.

Investors to BP: how will you win on climate change?

We and other major shareholders want oil major BP to explain

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