A practitioner’s guide to investing in the energy transition
Introduction from Jenn-Hui Tan, Chief Sustainability Officer
The challenge of constructing a carbon neutral economy – quickly – can seem so complex that it begs the question: where do you even start?
Investors face the same conundrum. The capital demand for funding the transition is eye-watering (USD $4 trillion every year to reach net zero by 2030, according to the United Nations).1 There is an overwhelming number of places to allocate portfolios as they pivot to decarbonise, and the benefits of different strategies is not always obvious. Global clean energy investment is now nearly twice that of fossil fuels, but it is still too slow to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.2 Easing the way…
