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The Virus Crisis Affects Business in Many Way – What Will the Risks and Opportunities Result in Post-Emergency? BNP Paribas Offers Views… What might our world look like when the COVID-19 global emergency winds down and we move into the “recovery and restoration” phase? What is in store for business in the transition? And beyond? Looking at risk and opportunity through an ESG lens. BNP Paribas Asset Management has offered up some important perspectives. ESG analyst Anupama Rames asks and answers: (1) Will the world go back to status quo when we exit the dis-location? (2) Probably not. “We believe,” she writes, “that the learnings from the go-remote experiment are here to stay.” Last year BNP Paribas offered up the “3-E’s” – their methodology for addressing what the large asset management firm sees as the three key sustainability challenges of our time: (1) Energy transition; (2) Environmental sustainability; (3) Equality and inclusive growth. Now, analyst Rames is determining the risk, changes, risk mitigation strategies and opportunities in each of the categories. The examples she cites: Energy Transition Changes in work patterns (more remote working, distancing), personal and business travel mean less oil demand today. Key concern going forward: stranded oil & gas assets over the long-term. Possible winners in the opportunity zone: renewables, conservation, energy storage (capturing the energy from the windmill). And, BNP Paribas ESG integration methodology aims to differentiate winner and losers in the transition, post-emergency. Environmental Sustainability Equality and Inclusive Growth The virus crisis is accelerating the transition to “remote” and digital connectivity in our personal and business lives. This can be positive – and quite negative in the socio-economic divide. A positive: on the opportunity side, remote healthcare can bring benefits to rural areas. And an important note to corporate leaders: BNP Paribas is viewing transformations and market shifts through the lens of its 3E (ESG) framework, to identify public companies being proactive in finding solutions to the societal issues that can support “sustainable returns” for the long-term. There are more details for you in the Top Story. Top Story Will COVID-19 lead to sustainable change?
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