This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
The amount of these pension funds’ actual investments labelled as “sustainable” rose to $276 billion in 2021, up from just $163 billion a year earlier. The dashboard shows that sustainableinvestments composed nearly 13% of the pension funds’ total assets of $2.2 trillion at the end of 2020.
While some investments are neutral (deemed neither “clean” nor “dirty”), in many cases these companies are still investing most of their capital into assets that will either lock in further GHG emissions or become strandedassets as the energy transition takes shape. dollars) through 2030. Whereas just 2.7%
The evolving climate drives physical risks—damaged or strandedassets and business-interruption costs from severe weather events. Investing in these companies also allows us to engage with management as the firms navigate climate change, giving us better insight into their strategies and potential risks.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published new information papers on environmental risk management for banks , insurers and asset managers. Many asset managers have also made public commitments to sustainableinvesting, and a few have pledged to achieve net zero emissions for their investment portfolios by 2050.
A large and growing share of that investment capitol is going towards impact investments. In an interview with Private Equity International (PEI), Tania Carnegie, the Global Private Equity and Asset Management Leader for KPMG Impact, said she is confident about the future of impact investing. In 2020, U.S.
In 2020, Eurostat reported that renewable energy made up 22.1% of the EU’s gross electricity consumption in 2020, said Eurostat, of which two thirds was produced by wind and hydropower. Increasing gas infrastructure must be avoided to avert dangerous climate impacts and strandedassets.”. Investing in a renewable future.
Fast forward to 2020 – already, before everything shut down due to the pandemic, we’re now at 90%. you’re looking at companies where nearly the entire value of the company comes from intangible assets. It’s like, “OK, companies, are you going to have strandedassets in the future? So what’s the issue? I don’t know.
Starting at a 2% reduction in 2025 compared to 2020 intensity levels, it will increase to 6% by 2030, and eventually reach 80% in 2050. Some companies will start acting and some won’t; there’s more risk of strandedassets.” What role should investors play?
Mixed picture Do climate-related disclosures provide investors with the decision-useful information they need as they seek to reduce portfolios emissions while orientating capital to climate-positive investments? This has echoes of the issue of strandedassets arising from decarbonisation of the energy supply over the past decade or so.”
C or below will leave a substantial amount of fossil fuels unburned and could strand considerable fossil fuel infrastructure. Depending on its availability, CCS could allow fossil fuels to be used longer, reducing strandedassets.”. What is carbon capture and storage?
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 5,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content