Asia’s asset owners are ready to invest in the energy transition, pending a policy signal
Asia is the most critical piece of the global net zero puzzle but policy headwinds deter investments in the energy transition
Regulation
UK investment community embraces FCA’s new sustainability labelling regime
A new labelling regime in Britain for sustainable investment products and stricter marketing rules should increase investor trust and combat greenwashing. Industry insiders scrutinise the new regime
After mass-divestment of oil and gas, AP Pension plans to ramp up wind and solar allocations
Danish pension giant AP Pension is coming down hard on fossil fuel firms, removing dozens of oil and gas companies from its investment portfolio. Responsible investment head Anna Maria Fibla Moeller explains the pension's new energy strategy
The EU is chasing net zero autonomy, but at what cost?
A new amendment to the EU’s net zero industry act has expanded the list of strategic technologies to include nuclear and fusion technology, increasing the range of risks it is willing to take on
The elusive quest for fossil fuel peaks: inside the World Energy Outlook 2023
What should asset owners take away from the IEA’s flagship report?
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
The methane menace: low-hanging fruit or stalled progress?
Reducing methane emissions is both cheap and technologically feasible. Yet, the current trajectory is off-track
New TPT framework hailed as ‘a vital step forward’
Industry insiders across the board are embracing the Transition Plan Taskforce’s new framework, telling Net Zero Investor the standards are 'a vital step forward' in the UK's net zero journey
PRI: Transitioning to net zero is cheaper than putting it off
Rose Easton, interim chief RI ecosystems officer at PRI argues that rather than focussing on the cost of net zero, investors and politicians should focus on the cost of not doing so.