ESG

In infrastructure, renewables was the top sub-sector attracting LP interest, followed by telecoms and digital infra.

China will account for 42 percent of new capacity, driven by a surge in solar power projects, but Western Europe will be the ‘regional outperformer’ in terms of utilisation, Fitch Solutions says.

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.

Allianz did not directly respond to all of our questions but sent us a summary addressing questions 1,4,5, and 7.

AMP Capital provided partial responses to our questions.

BlackRock provided detailed answers to our questions.

Blackstone provided partial responses to our questions.