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The key to success in this segment of infrastructure is being uncompromising in your ambitions but strategic in the pace and delivery of change, says Valeria Rosati, senior partner at Vantage Infrastructure.
As technology has developed, critical infrastructure has increasingly been brought online to improve reliability, reduce costs and improve services, but that has also made it increasingly vulnerable, writes Tony Burton.
Second-party opinions are helping corporate issuers to substantiate their sustainability claims, offer confidence to market participants and enhance execution, writes Susan Gray of S&P Global Ratings.
Infrastructure capital’s commitments to renewable energy and net-zero are also driving wider positive social outcomes, says Panos Ninios, co-founder and managing partner of True Green Capital (TGC).
Ever since the word ‘lockdown’ entered our everyday vernacular, investor activity in the energy transition has increased markedly, says Campbell Lutyens' Richard Moore.
With ecosystems around the world on the verge of collapse, infrastructure can play a critical role in the transition to a net-zero – and a greener – world, say Lucy Morton and Mihai Coroi.
Fund managers that rise to the challenge of linking compensation to ESG performance now are likely to reap the rewards in the medium to long term, says Nicholas Sehmer, Sheffield Haworth's director, infrastructure, private equity and asset management.
Meridiam's Nicolas Rubio argues that Biden's infra bill provides new opportunities for public-private partnerships in the US
Government spending plans appear to offer prospects for US infrastructure investors, but there may be devil in the detail, report Brian Gorman and Nick Reeve.
Green and blue hydrogen have been treated as equals, but Alastair O’Dell finds the latter may not provide the desired benefits.