BCI’s Jon Perry: ‘renewables are moving past recent challenges’
The Canadian fund's director of infrastructure and renewable resources talks about recent green investments and the outlook for the wider energy transition sector
Thomas Helm
Why investors should think more seriously about oil prices
Oil companies and their investors are betting big on a delayed transition yet their misalignment with net-zero is a recipe for financial disaster, NGOs and thinktank sources claim
AP3’s Fredric Nyström: “Green mineral shortage is one of the most pressing issues of our times”
Net Zero Investor sat down with AP3’s head of sustainability and governance to talk about how asset owners can invest more in responsible mining
US takes lead on carbon capture
Investors are taking advantage of the US’s enabling policy environment to fund the emerging technology
Biodiversity credit markets: what are next the next steps?
Environment Bank’s Emma Toovey talks about how voluntary markets can avoid the mistakes of the carbon market and why asset owners would buy credits
Is this the golden age of Climate AI?
Venture-capital-backed start-ups are employing AI to solve grid issues, ESG data and analytics, and a host of other climate-related bottlenecks
Smart Pension’s Fiona Smith: “We’re looking to make a positive biodiversity impact”
Pension funds don’t need to sacrifice returns to achieve a positive impact argues Smart Pension's Fiona Smith
Should climate investors worry about the European elections?
A rightward drift in the upcoming European elections is unlikely to have a major impact on EU climate policy
CPP’s Bill Rogers: ‘we take a practical approach to decarbonisation’
The head of sustainable energies for Canada's largest pension plan explains how the fund aims to decarbonise its heavy emitters
Setting a nature price: how does this work in practice?
If the targets set out in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework are to be realised, investors could soon face some far reaching policy changes
How to navigate the changing landscape of biodiversity investing
Investor interest in biodiversity is gaining traction, what are the main strategies to gain exposure to this rapidly evolving asset class?
EU doubles down on circular economy
Meeting biodiversity and climate goals “won’t be possible” without a transition to a circular economy, the European Commission said, but the bloc still has some way to make investment accessible
Grid capacity: why system-wide thinking is essential for the energy transition
Major asset owners are calling on governments to tackle one of the biggest roadblocks to net zero: grid capacity
Can Trump ruin Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act?
The possible re-election of Donald Trump is making investors think very carefully about their Inflation-Reduction-Act-related investments
Nuclear renaissance: net-zero solution or dangerous gamble?
An increasing number of countries and investors warm to the idea of more nuclear power but uncertainty around its role in meeting net-zero targets has reinforced old divisions
How to scale up nature-based solutions
Institutional interest in natural capital is growing but it still accounts for only a fraction of funds committed to restoring nature. How can funding be scaled up?
COP 28: Overcoming risk is key to unlocking climate-nature investment
Transforming the way risk is both perceived and managed will boost institutional capital flows into nature positive projects, investors say
Fossil fuel phaseout discussions heat up at COP28
While COP28 president and oil baron Jaber stirs controversy, investors hope that some kind of phaseout deal is still within reach
“You pollute, you pay the price”: COP leaders push for carbon pricing
The IMF, World Bank, EU and World Trade Organisation call for the global adoption of carbon pricing
IRA deep dive: opportunities created ‘up and down’ the net-zero value chain
The US's Inflation Reduction Act and other green policies are bolstering clean energy investment, despite strong economic headwinds and the looming political risk of a second Trump administration
Why floating offshore wind could be the next frontier in renewables
Pension funds are allocating capital to this emerging technology, but is it mature enough to provide an appropriate risk-return profile?
Investors eye carbon capture as part of transition finance
Institutional investors see green bonds as the safest investment route into this early stage technology
How to manage deforestation risk
Deforestation is not only terrible for climate and biodiversity, but also poses financial risk to investors
PPF’s Claire Curtin: ‘Engagement is our main climate risk management tool’
PPF's head of ESG & sustainability explains the fund's approach to engaging with portfolio companies, external fund managers and policymakers
Timberland is increasingly on the radar of natural capital investors
Forestry is currently dominating the natural capital conversation for institutional investors looking at this emerging asset class
Most institutional investors still lack deforestation policy
The amount of capital flowing into deforestation dwarves positive investments, despite the key role forests play in tackling climate change
Green hydrogen: still too niche for institutional investors?
While some asset owners are taking a pioneering first-mover approach, others struggle to find appropriate investment opportunities
No transition without transmission: why investors are joining the electrification dots
Investors are looking at car charge points, cables, battery storage, interconnectors, and other opportunities in the broader energy transition value chain
COP28: Changing global temperature target would dilute net zero strategies
Stewardship practices, especially escalation and divestment policies, will weaken if COP leaders opt for a 2C or 1.8C global temperature target, pension funds say
Shiventa Sivanesan, West Midlands Pension Fund: ‘We are looking at new and emerging technologies’
The LGPS fund's assistant director of investment management and stewardship talks about recent green capital allocations and why they were made
UK offshore wind still has room to grow, despite failed auction
Inflation and supply chain issues won’t buck the long-term trend of continued growth and investment in UK offshore wind, investors say
How would financial markets work in a steady state economy?
Part V of NZI’s Economy of the Future series explores the implications of a steady state economy for financial markets
Net zero policies and transition risks: ‘asset owners should prepare for twenty volatile years’
Whether the green transition happens by design or by disaster, reading the policy runes is still a massive headache for asset owners
GFANZ launches transition finance consultation
The global net zero alliance aims to support the scaling up of transition finance by providing common definitions
How to invest in de-growth
Some investors are looking to reduce their resource footprint by including circular, regenerative and sharing economy themes in their portfolios
How to navigate the profit problem in sustainability
Reaching out to pension holders and understanding membership demographics may help ease the tension between long-term and short-term fiduciary duties
Central banks make landmark effort to mainstream nature risk
The Network for Greening the Financial System’s new framework for nature and biodiversity risks aims to boost central bank and supervisory action globally
Is green growth failing?
Green growth hasn’t reduced carbon emissions and resource consumption to sustainable levels. Is improper implementation or faulty logic to blame?
Shipra Gupta: ‘we believe in the first-mover advantage of nature investing’
Shipra Gupta, investments stewardship lead at Scottish Widows, argues that investing in nature sooner rather than later makes sound financial sense
Are green growth and degrowth really so different?
As the concept of post-growth enters political mainstream, Net Zero Investor explores the dividing lines between green growth and degrowth
Climate scientist Susanne Ditlevsen: ‘I am shocked by how bad climate economists are’
Climate scientist Susanne Ditlevsen explains to Net Zero Investor why asset owners need to avoid mainstream climate economic forecasts
Is blended finance reaching a hard capital limit?
Blended finance is impossible to scale without increasing the availability of public and philanthropic sources of concessionary capital
How to invest in blended finance
Net Zero Investor outlines the main challenges and opportunities for institutional investors
Nature finance: are biodiversity credits moving too fast?
Efforts to scale up nature finance fuel an interest in biodiversity credits, but experts worry that the momentum is unable to digest the complexity
Mining for Net Zero: Is a green commodities crisis around the corner?
Part II of NZI’s Mining for Net Zero series examines the implications of projected shortages in critical minerals needed for green technologies
Mining for Net Zero: why investors need to engage more with miners
Part one of NZI’s Mining for Net Zero series looks at why investor engagement in this critical sector is essential for the overall transition
Feeling the legal heat: climate litigation doubles in five years
More and more investors and their investee companies face climate-related lawsuits, with American entities leading the pack. What is going on?
Pricing the unthinkable: Investors struggle to plan for AMOC collapse
The timeline and consequences of passing the collapse of the AMOC, a key climate tipping point, are still too uncertain to enable reliable analysis
Why policymakers struggle to mitigate net zero transition risks
Part V of NZI’s Putting a Price on Pollution series explores the dangers of a disorderly transition
Better policymaking will stop short-termism from holding back net zero
Part IV of NZI’s Putting a Price on Pollution Series looks at short-term pressures that are complicating the green transition
Due diligence laws divide financial firms
Part III of NZI’s Putting a Price on Pollution series looks at the complications around extending environment-focused due diligence laws to financial firms
Global firms call for transition pathways and carbon tax
The second instalment of NZI's Putting a Price on Pollution Series looks at the lobbying activities that surround key anti-pollution policies
Seven reasons why policymakers aren’t accelerating the green transition
Net Zero Investor kicks off its Putting a Price on Pollution Series by looking at why policymakers are reluctant to implement stronger anti-pollution policies
Dominique Dijkhuis: ‘we cannot afford to wait to take action’
The head of investments at ABP says that lack of climate data will not hold back the ambitions of Europe’s largest private pension fund and calls for the introduction of carbon taxes and mandatory emissions-trading schemes.
Asset owners align on stewardship approach
The Universities Superannuation Scheme, the Association of British Insurers and Reclaim Finance explain current climate strategy trends among asset owners.
How to finance nature-based solutions to climate change
A doubling of finance flows into nature-based solutions is needed by 2025 to tackle the climate and biodiversity crises, so what can potential investors learn from three successful case studies?
Hopes run high for COP15 ‘Paris moment’ for biodiversity
Sustainability-focused firms want COP15 to deliver an ambitious global framework with clear and measurable biodiversity targets and mandatory disclosures.