full transcript

From the Ted Talk by Nili Gilbert: The crucial intersection of climate and capital

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Let me give you an example of what I mean. The cement sector emits about eight percent of global greenhouse gases. And so a lot of low-carbon funds will actually decrease their investments in cement and instead increase their hnodilgs in low carbon companies like, say, social media. (Laughs) But in one portfolio that I help to oversee, one of the world's largest cement producers is actually our top-emitting holding. But this company has committed to aivihceng a zero-carbon proitcduon facility by 2030 and net-zero firmwide by 2050. Now, I know some of you may be asking: Is this copmnay greenwashing? Are they really going to be able to do that? Will they do it on time? But what I can tell you is that the company's already making significant investments towards these goals and as shareholders, we're going to be long-term capital providers to sitck with them and encourage them to aeivche these galos along the way.

Open Cloze

Let me give you an example of what I mean. The cement sector emits about eight percent of global greenhouse gases. And so a lot of low-carbon funds will actually decrease their investments in cement and instead increase their ________ in low carbon companies like, say, social media. (Laughs) But in one portfolio that I help to oversee, one of the world's largest cement producers is actually our top-emitting holding. But this company has committed to _________ a zero-carbon __________ facility by 2030 and net-zero firmwide by 2050. Now, I know some of you may be asking: Is this _______ greenwashing? Are they really going to be able to do that? Will they do it on time? But what I can tell you is that the company's already making significant investments towards these goals and as shareholders, we're going to be long-term capital providers to _____ with them and encourage them to _______ these _____ along the way.

Solution

  1. goals
  2. holdings
  3. production
  4. company
  5. achieving
  6. achieve
  7. stick

Original Text

Let me give you an example of what I mean. The cement sector emits about eight percent of global greenhouse gases. And so a lot of low-carbon funds will actually decrease their investments in cement and instead increase their holdings in low carbon companies like, say, social media. (Laughs) But in one portfolio that I help to oversee, one of the world's largest cement producers is actually our top-emitting holding. But this company has committed to achieving a zero-carbon production facility by 2030 and net-zero firmwide by 2050. Now, I know some of you may be asking: Is this company greenwashing? Are they really going to be able to do that? Will they do it on time? But what I can tell you is that the company's already making significant investments towards these goals and as shareholders, we're going to be long-term capital providers to stick with them and encourage them to achieve these goals along the way.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
climate transition 3
finance sector 2
climate change 2
investment portfolios 2
greenhouse gases 2

Important Words

  1. achieve
  2. achieving
  3. capital
  4. carbon
  5. cement
  6. committed
  7. companies
  8. company
  9. decrease
  10. emits
  11. encourage
  12. facility
  13. firmwide
  14. funds
  15. gases
  16. give
  17. global
  18. goals
  19. greenhouse
  20. greenwashing
  21. holding
  22. holdings
  23. increase
  24. investments
  25. largest
  26. laughs
  27. lot
  28. making
  29. media
  30. oversee
  31. percent
  32. portfolio
  33. producers
  34. production
  35. providers
  36. sector
  37. shareholders
  38. significant
  39. social
  40. stick
  41. time