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Shami Nissan coverage in Environmental Finance: Physical climate risk planning a 2025 priority for Actis

Shami Nissan, Partner and Head of Sustainability, spoke with Jennifer Forrest at Environmental Finance for a piece focusing on Actis’ physical climate risk planning in the months ahead following the firm’s physical climate risk assessment, conducted by AXA Climate across 225 GPS coordinates for specific sites and assets. Click here to read the full article or read on below for some of Shami’s comments.

 

Shami Nissan, Partner and Head of Sustainability at Actis, commented:

“They looked across a whole range of climate hazards, such as wildfires, precipitation, coastal or river flooding, and so on.

“It does not take into account the resiliency measures already put in place [by management teams]. That way, the portfolio companies can determine if they feel their mitigants are sufficient to safeguard against those risks, or do they need to do more to futureproof these assets.”