Helga Birgden is a Mercer Partner, and Mercer’s Global Chair on Sustainable Investment. She leads on sustainable investing and governance as a global executive and Board member focused on climate change resilience, managing investment risk, return and reputation for Boards, members and stakeholders. Â
She has more than 20 years of experience advising client Boards/Committees on sustainable investment issues - environmental, governance and social. She has prepared advice for multilateral institutions such as the International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group, G20 and Development Banks. She co-authors reports on climate investing with the World Economic Forum (2022, 2021, 2020). Over the last decade Helga has been a leader in Mercer’s global climate change studies 2011, 2015 and 2019 Investing in a Time of Climate Change reports and 2020 Analytics for Climate Transition – ACT. She is Deputy Chair of the Investor Group on Climate Change, representing ~$4 trillion of AUM and chaired Mercer’s FutureMakers Working Group consisting of ~30 global pension funds on climate investing. Â
She has lived off the grid (solar and wind) for a decade.Â