Smart Pension’s James Lawrence on DC investment in climate solutions
Ahead of Net Zero Investor’s DC forum this week, James Lawrence from Smart Pension gives an insight on the master trust’s climate transition plans for 2024
Infrastructure
World on track to miss COP28 2030 renewables target
Renewable energy capacity needs to expand by a factor of three by 2030 but current policies might only take us to 2.5 research shows
COP28’s ‘action agenda’ signposts five key areas of long-term investment opportunity
Imraan Mohammed, Climate Opportunities portfolio manager at Border to Coast examines why the COP28 pledges could offer significant tailwinds for the energy transition
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
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
Anna-Stina Wiklund: ‘How we integrate biodiversity criteria across asset classes’
Anna-Stina Wiklund, head of responsible investing at Finland’s €1.8bn Church Pension Fund outlines how the fund applies biodiversity criteria across all asset classes to support its net zero by 2035 target
Tony Juniper: “The human economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of nature”
Net Zero Investor sat down with Tony Juniper, chair of Natural England to discuss the long-term case for nature positive investments
UK’s Autumn Statement: five net zero talking points
The UK government is betting on investment incentives rather than stimulus to attract net zero investment. We took a look at five key talking points for green investors in this year's Autumn Statement
Higher rates pose challenge for renewables
As developers pull out of wind projects in the US and UK, how can investors in renewables protect themselves in an increasingly challenging environment?
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