Emissions reduction inside a portfolio often proceeds faster than in the world outside it. That realisation is prompting pension funds to revisit their climate investment strategies.

Thus far, funds have been willing to revisit the historical focus on reducing financed emissions with a renewed resolve to finance reduced emissions. In so doing, a few front runners have adopted transition investment targets – reshaping not only capital allocation but also manager expectations.

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The latest to join that trend is Danish pension fund AkademikerPension. CIO Anders Schelde told Net Zero Investor more about the fund’s new transition investment strategy.

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