Net Zero

Institutional investors seeking resilient, future-focused portfolios are increasingly turning to timberland – a real asset that combines climate resilience, biodiversity benefits, and long-term value creation.  By Thomas Sarno Global Head of Timberland Investments

Eddie McAvinchey, Scotland director at the National Wealth Fund, explains the role institutional investors can play in infrastructure and renewable energy and where he sees Scotland’s greatest investment opportunities.

Infrastructure investors are increasingly targeting batteries, heat pumps and data centres as volatile power markets, electrification and rising digital demand reshape the infrastructure landscape.

A survey from Morgan Stanley shows investor interest in sustainable investment is being shaped by the attributes of private markets and long-term performance metrics

While many of the UK’s LGPS funds have pledged to divest from fossil fuels, they continue to fund oil and gas through their private market holdings, an investigation has revealed

Pluto Finance sets out how institutional investors can help local communities to thrive through place-based investing.

Investors need to be able to monitor whether their private markets portfolios are being managed in line with their climate ambitions, says Natasha Buckley at HarbourVest Partners

Carbon Limiting Technologies’ Melody Chiu and University College London professor Chris Rapley, a Clean Growth Fund advisory board member, highlight the carbon emissions and waste pollution resulting from plastic – and suggest solutions.

Fundraising target increases by 50% for second fund in the UK-focused venture capital series Clean Growth Fund (CGF) registered CGF II with Companies House…

How can sufficient grid infrastructure be deployed and enhanced to meet energy transition targets – and what opportunities for investment are there? Jason Holland…

Renewable infrastructure assets continue to be deployed at pace across the UK as the country races to achieve net zero by 2050 and decarbonise the electricity…

The LGPS Pool LPPI is working on a new Environment Opportunities Fund due to be launched early next year, pending regulatory approval. CIO Richard Tomlinson tells Mona…