Video: CalPERS’ Anne Simpson on net-zero reporting

The US public pension's sustainability expert discusses how private markets investors are coalescing around net-zero goals.

With $480 billion of managed assets, CalPERS is the largest public pension plan in the US and has made efforts in recent years to establish itself as a leading institutional investor on decarbonising to achieve net-zero portfolio emissions.

Anne Simpson, the LP’s managing investment director for board governance and sustainability, spoke to New Private Markets about implementing net-zero commitments, how investors are coalescing around decarbonisation and the risk greenwashers represent to these initiatives.