John Howchin is Chairman and CEO of Transition Inc, through which he provides advisory and speaking services.He is the Global Ambassador for the UN convened Global Tailings Management Institute and the co-convener of the Investor Mining and Tailings Safety Initiative, setup post the tragic Brumadhino accident in Brazil. He is also a Special Advisor for the Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030 which will address key systematic risks that challenge the sectors ability to meet the increasing demand for the low carbon transition.Between 2010 and 2021 John served as a Board Member of the Mistra Asset Management Committee.John has been working within the responsible investment community for the last 20 years and is the former Secretary-General of the Council on Ethics for the First, Second, Third and Fourth Swedish national pension funds. At the Council he initiated and lead hundreds of corporate engagements on all kinds of sustainability and ethics related issues. Before that, as the first Senior Analyst being responsible for environmental stewardship at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) in Oslo, he wrote the initial Climate Change expectations document, initiated climate change engagement with the portfolio companies and spent three years focused on corporate lobbying on climate change legislation in the US. As Research Director at GES Investment Services (Now Morningstar-Sustainalytics) he initiated the independent Engagement Forum platform, enabling investors to collectively engage with portfolio companies on all kinds of ESG issues - saving both investors and companies time and resources.25 years ago he co-founded the company Green Index, who together with the insurance company Folksam produced the first climate change index in the world, covering the companies at the Stockholm stock exchange. Green Index together with Etikanalytikerna (today ISS-Ethix) also performed the first norm-based screening for the AP-funds in 2001. John started his career at ABB where he worked with corporate sustainability and reporting.John holds a BSc in environmental science and human ecology at Goteborg University and has represented the Australian National Floorball team in the world cup twice, in 1998 and 2000.
Transition Inc.
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Ceo And PrincipalTransition Inc.Stockholm, Se
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Special AdvisorThe Global Investor Commission On Mining 2030 Jan 2023 - PresentLondon, England, United KingdomThe Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030 will address key systemic risks that challenge the mining sector’s ability to meet increasing mineral demand for the low carbon transition.The Commission’s focus areas include: Artisanal mining, child labour, the impact of automation and the future workforce, indigenous community & First Nations rights, impacts on biodiversity, climate change, tailings dams, conflict reconciliation, and corruption.It will identify global best practice standards and disclosures, including where ‘ESG’ data can be consolidated, and where investors, banks, insurers and mineral demand side companies can align to responsible mining practices and standards.
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Ceo And PrincipalTransition Inc. Nov 2022 - PresentLocation Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden"A man with many hats", I have now started my own advisory service setup. More to come, but open for business,
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Global Ambassador For The GtmiGlobal Tailings Management Institute (Gtmi) Jan 2022 - PresentIn 2021 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) represented by the Church of England Pensions Board and Swedish Council on Ethics partnered to establish an independent Global Tailings Management Institute. This is based on the Investor Mining and Tailings Initiative founded in 2019 after the disaster at Brumadinho by Adam Matthews at the Church of England Pensions Board and John Howchin at the Swedish Council on Ethics for the AP-funds - a coalition of over than 100 investors with more than $20 trillion AUM.The Initiative has been influential in driving safety in the mining sector. It was awarded “2020 Stewardship Project of the Year” by the independent judging panel of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, and we continue to work to ensure that lessons are leaned from the Brumadinho disaster across the mining industry.
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Head Of European OperationsBanqu Inc. Feb 2023 - Mar 2024Stockholm County, SwedenBanQu is a blockchain-based, traceability solution that gets you real-time data and reporting throughout your entire supply chain. https://www.banqu.co/ -
Secretary-GeneralAp-Fondernas Etikråd / Council On Ethics Swedish National Pension Funds Apr 2010 - Jan 2022Stockholm, SverigeI built and managed the Council on Ethics for 12 years, a collaboration between four of the buffer funds in the Swedish national pension system, AP1, AP2, AP3 and AP4 ($200 billion in AUM). Key focus: developing responsible and sustainable approaches to corporate engagement with 3,500 companies worldwide and communication on progress to the Swedish Government, Parliament, key stakeholders and the public. Established in 2007, I was the first person to hold the role as Secretary General and the Council has become recognised as a global leader on transparency and results driven engagements on company, sectors and on global sustainability issues. The work of the Council directly underpins the investment strategies of the AP-funds who are competing funds but all individually acknowledged as leaders on responsible and sustainable investing. The Council leads numerous global investor led engagements on big tech, human rights, mining, climate change, child labour, anti-corruption and more. (Council’s Annual Review: https://etikradet.se/en/startsida-english/) -
Member Of The Asset Management CommitteeMistra, Stiftelsen För Miljöstrategisk Forskning Mar 2010 - Dec 2021Stockholm, SverigeManaging $300 million USD, Mistra has been working to build a sustainable portfolio over the last 20 years. As part of the committee, I have helped the fund pick managers in all asset classes with the highest sustainability ambitions and financial performance. Mistra seed-funded Generation IM in 2007, started by Al Gore and David Blood. At Mistra I was tasked at starting a research project on responsible investments and I initialized in 2011 Misum; Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets at Stockholm School of Economics. https://www.hhs.se/en/research/institutes/misum-startpage/THE SWEDISH FOUNDATION FOR STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH supports research of strategic importance for a good living environment and sustainable development. http://www.mistra.org/en/ -
Member Of Advisory BoardTransition Pathway Initiative (Tpi) Jan 2017 - Jan 2021London, United KingdomTPI is an Asset Owner led initiative, 94 investors globally have pledged support for the TPI to-date (January 2021)*, representing over $23.6 trillion combined Assets under Management and Advice. A partnership between the London School of Economics Grantham Research Institute, FTSE Russell and UN backed Principles of Responsible Investment provides a transparent, free to use and academically robust assessment of listed companies on two criteria:i) Management quality incorporating the recommendations of the TCFDii) Further Performance assessed against two bench marks of a) 2 degrees and b) Nationally Determined Commitments made in Paris. -
Co-Convener Global Industry Standard On Tailings ManagementPrinciples For Responsible Investment Mar 2019 - Aug 2020The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) co-convened the Global Tailings Review to establish an international standard for the safer management of tailings storage facilities.The resulting Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management was developed through an independent process chaired by Dr Bruno Oberle with the support of a multi-disciplinary Expert Panel and input from a multi-stakeholder Advisory Group. It involved extensive public consultation with affected communities, government representatives, investors, multilateral organisations and mining industry stakeholders. -
Chair Of The Esg Engagements Advisory CommitteePrinciples For Responsible Investment Jan 2012 - Jan 2017London, United KingdomThe ESG Engagements team within the PRI Executive was responsible for coordinating collaborative engagements with listed companies on ESG topics, developing guidance documents, briefings or collaborative initiatives on ESG issues, and supporting the participation of signatories in engagements promoted on the PRI’s Collaboration Platform. The ESGE Advisory Committee was responsible for providing stewardship and making recommendations in order to the ESG Engagements team. The committee acted as a voluntary advisory body to the PRI Executive.
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Senior Analyst, Environmental Issues, Nbim Ownership StrategiesNorges Bank Mar 2007 - Mar 2010Oslo, NorgeThe Government Pension Fund Global was set up in 1990 to underpin long-term considerations when phasing petroleum revenues into the Norwegian economy. Norges Bank Investment Management manages the fund on behalf of the Ministry of Finance, which owns the fund on behalf of the Norwegian people. I was the first person to be employed by NBIM to lead work on responsible investment and environmental issues. A key focus was to lead climate change engagement within the US and to address corporate lobbying against US legislation to limit climate change. I also setup the initial engagement process with key holdings with the largest carbon footprints on their de-carbonization strategies. I produced the first Investor Expectations on Climate Change and co-produced the Expectations on Water and Child Labour. I was also responsible for producing the sustainability strategy for the Real Estate portfolio. -
Research Director And Vice PresidentGes - Global Engagement Services Jan 2002 - Feb 2007Stockholm, SverigeAt GES I led a team of 20 people that analyzed the 2000 biggest listed companies in the world on their ESG strategies and management of problematic incidents. We developed the ‘Norm and Conventions’ based screening method for the Swedish national pension funds and I initiated the Global Engagement Platform for investors to collaborate on incidents with companies to drive best practice on all sustainability related issues across sectors. This platform was later acquired by Sustainalytics - Morningstar and today forms the basis for their engagement services. -
Vice President And Co-FounderGreen Index Jan 2000 - Mar 2001Stockholm, SverigeGreen Index pioneered and launched the first climate change index in the world, asking the companies on the Stockholm Stock Exchange to disclose their carbon footprint. This was backed by the Swedish insurance company Folksam and financial newspaper Finanstidningen. The index also asked for disclosures on biodiversity impacts, water usage and use of ozone depleting substances. The work was later passed on to the then newly started Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and these requirements was in November 2022 passed on as law for federal companies in the USA by the Biden administration.
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VariousAbb Jun 1987 - Jun 1999Västerås, Vastmanland County, SwedenABB is my Alma Mater and over the years I held various roles, between military service and university. I was responsible for implementing the environmental standard ISO 14001 in 1997 at ABB Motors and I wrote my thesis on Environmental Indicators and KPIs on corporate reporting at the central ABB Sustainability Group in 1998.
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Environmental Management And Human Ecology
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