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LPs, regulators, lenders and employees all consider sustainability to be infrastructure’s top priority, says Aurélien Roelens, Cube Infrastructure Managers’ investment director and ESG co-ordinator.
The UK’s largest private pension scheme is divesting from certain sectors in its bid to invest responsibly for the long term. David Russell, head of responsible investment at USS Investment Management, explains why.
AIIM’s head of ESG, Dean Alborough, says that managing risk is key to achieving impact in Africa – and the standardisation of reporting will make life easier for fund managers.
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.
Foresight and deep sector expertise are key when investing in a long-term asset class like infra, say Crédit Agricole CIB’s Matthew Norman and Tanguy Claquin.
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).
Responsible investment-related roles are proliferating across private markets, with firms searching for individuals with a track record of ESG integration. Two recruitment experts discuss ways to tap into the ESG talent pool.
Close partnerships with management teams are key to building more sustainable business practices, says Katharine Preston, vice-president, sustainable investing at OMERS.
Ever since the word ‘lockdown’ entered our everyday vernacular, investor activity in the energy transition has increased markedly, says Campbell Lutyens' Richard Moore.