Snehal Shah

Gas power has a significant greenhouse gas footprint, but many transition fund managers are embracing natural gas.

Investors are showing increased interest for independent verification of ESG data, GRESB's Joss Blamire reports.

Matthew Mendes, the $73bn pension's head of infrastructure, lists obstacles to transitioning high-emitting and hydrocarbon-based assets.

'Carbon reduction and net zero is in no way under control. It's not time to turn our attention to biodiversity or elsewhere just yet,' says Pamela Thomas, US real estate managing director at CPP.

Maryland SRPS's DE&I consultant finds the pension's credit and real assets fund managers are the the lowest-scoring for diversity.

Australia has allocated another $13.5bn to CEFC for fund and direct investments – including $12.5bn for infrastructure projects and $300m in venture capital.

Decarbonising is about ‘value preservation’, says Ivanhoé Cambridge’s Michael Neuman, because ‘sooner or later, we’ll have to pay the price for the carbon our buildings emit’.

Greg Shell, head of the inclusive growth strategy at Goldman Sachs AM, argues that social impact can deliver ‘premium investment returns’.

The profitability of such carbon projects 'is tied to future expectations of carbon prices. And most forecasts are pretty bullish about those,' says Eric Cooperstrom, managing director for impact investing and natural climate solutions at Manulife.

The roadmap is likely to make GPs' decarbonisation efforts easier and more comparable, accelerating the transition to net zero.