This conversation explored how global institutional investors are approaching the challenge of balancing financial and impact goals. As co-CIO for sustainability at Bridgewater, former CEO of ATP and current board advisor to GIC and Novo Holdings, Carsten Stendevad brings a broad range of perspectives from both the asset owner and alternative asset manager perspective. He shared insights garnered from his experience building sustainability assessment capabilities to identify current and future sustainability leaders, and engineering strategic and tactical portfolios designed to deliver strong financial and impact results.
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Research from Princeton University plots a Blueprint for how the US can achieve net zero emissions in the next decade showing the key is overcoming execution challenges including the infrastructure deployment and the mobilisation of capital and labour.
A joint report by the International Energy Agency and the Centre for Climate Finance & Investment at Imperial College examines the risk and return proposition in energy transitions. It looks at publicly traded renewable power and fossil fuel companies in advanced and developing economies calculating the total return and annualized volatility of these portfolios over 5 and 10-year periods.
Achieving carbon neutrality by 2060 will require radical changes. Formidable challenges lie ahead, but also investment opportunities with renewables, electric vehicles and energy storage set to benefit.
The challenge for infrastructure asset managers to achieve Net Zero by 2050 is immense. It requires detailed strategic planning, clear interim targets, critical investment, transparent insight and regular reporting, as well as strong leadership and clear governance frameworks.
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