Net Zero Investor

Asset owners turn greener worldwide but dark clouds are gathering fast

For most asset owners decarbonisation is now a key factor when allocating capital, although concerns about geopolitical uncertainty and inflation are growing: 'it's time to be discerning'

By Michiel Willems

Bishop Graham: ‘levering change’ through the Church of England’s investments

In an interview with Net Zero Investor, Bishop Graham outlines what is next for the Church of England’s net zero journey.

Akademiker Pension’s Eni divestment: when all else fails

Akademiker's decision to divest from an Italian fossil fuel giant puts the spotlight on a grey area of active ownership – escalation

Research

Stranded assets: The trillion-dollar decommissioning challenge

Asset Allocation

Now boarding: net zero aviation

Defined Benefit

Wandsworth Pension fund director: ‘Net zero investment can’t be one size fits all’

Smart Pension CIO on investing £550m in split voting and branching out to climate solutions

Net Zero Investor caught up with Paul Bucksey, CIO of the £4bn UK master trust Smart Pension, as the fund announces a seed investment to enable split voting

By Mona Dohle

How would financial markets work in a steady state economy?

Net zero policies and transition risks: ‘asset owners should prepare for twenty volatile years’

UK’s net zero u-turn raises challenges for transition assets

The allure of the unlisted: should active owners have faith in private equity?

How to invest in de-growth

Energy transition assets draw inflows as capital owners embrace impact investing: ‘a valuable tactic’

Defined Benefit

BERS’ investment lead: ‘climate change is an un-diversifiable risk’

Policy

Viñes Fiestas: ‘the anti-ESG backlash has not impacted climate-related investments’

Pensions

ACS 2023: Global investors have been bitten by Kenya’s clean energy bug

ACS 2023: Private sector investment steals the show at Africa Climate Summit

Private sector investment is increasingly taking centre stage at the Africa Climate Summit, with Kenya's president urging investors to reallocate billions into renewables

Pensions

ACS 2023: Asset owners urged to embrace green investments in earnest by ‘unlocking’ trillions

Pensions

Are green growth and degrowth really so different?

Pensions

Tegs Harding: it’s time to shift perspectives on engagement

Research

Climate scientist Susanne Ditlevsen: ‘I am shocked by how bad climate economists are’

Charity