Geopolitical instability, regulatory change, and growing divergence in sustainability approaches across the investment chain are structurally shaping how asset owners define risk, responsibility, and fiduciary duty, transforming European sustainable investing.
For trustees and investment teams, this shift is forcing a rethink of assumptions. In some cases, changes to restrictions without sufficient contextual analysis risk undermining stated objectives, highlighting the need for clearer frameworks and more objective, transparent data, at scale.
Join CACEIS and Clarity AI in this roundtable will explore how asset owners can adapt investment and stewardship approaches in this context, moving beyond binary exclusions toward more data-driven, risk-based decision-making, drawing on emerging practices already being applied by asset owners in markets such as the Nordics and the Netherlands.
Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (CAHRAs) will be discussed as one practical use case, illustrating how objective, traceable data on company involvement can support timely action in sensitive, fast-changing contexts, while maintaining credibility and control.
Key topics for discussion:
- Geopolitical risk and the evolution of investment policy
- From exclusions to due diligence and ongoing oversight
- Using data and transparency to support credible decisions
- Governance safeguards without additional reporting burden