Climate Change

Despite a decline in power demand, renewables have ‘a very bright future’ without needing subsidies to fuel their growth, panellists agreed during the keynote session that kicked off Day 2 of our first virtual conference.

The A$52 billion industry superfund has set a target to achieve net zero emissions in its portfolio by 2050, with renewables set to play a major role in the transition.

The UK’s City of Westminster pension fund wants to add one, separate to its existing infra allocation. Here’s why others might consider it too.

Investor Group on Climate Change calls for an ‘integrated and robust national policy suite’ on climate change to help support private investment.

The Australian fund manager continues to report publicly on emissions of its Australian assets and said it is making solid progress towards emissions reduction targets.

There are legitimate obstacles around climate disclosure. But even where good frameworks exist, clarity can prove terribly elusive.

In the third and final part of our Deep Dive, we find energy efficiency – key to the energy transition – remains the 'forgotten fuel' and that most managers and investors prefer engagement over divestment.

In the second part of our Deep Dive, we find it will be critical for those investing in infra - directly or indirectly - to adopt measures both at the portfolio and firm level to reduce emissions.

We asked industry leaders questions from how they are reducing their carbon footprint to whether they are divesting from fossil fuels. With some notable exceptions, disclosure was hard to come by, suggesting there is a lot of work to be done.

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority did not respond to our questions directly but provided background information instead.