15 Jun 2019
30 Minutes
WWF and Ninety One joined forces to assess the potential uses of geo-spatial research — both to measure environmental risk in sovereign debt portfolios, and to facilitate engagement with governments to encourage fiscal agendas that serve people and the planet. To find out more read the thought paper.
If the world is to achieve net zero, investors’ current approaches to allocating capital must change. We examine the flaws in asset managers’ and owners’ interpretation, which has led them to set portfolio-level carbon targets that will stymie global net zero ambitions and introduce our new index.
The decarbonisation investment universe is well-stocked with ‘heavy-asset, low-obsolescence’ companies that are well-placed to benefit from an investment supercycle.
Oil shocks don’t just disrupt, they accelerate change. Higher prices and energy insecurity are fast-tracking the shift to electrification and clean technology, led by emerging markets.
Emerging markets have become the new growth engine of the transition, with Chinese exports of clean technologies allowing countries to electrify and industrialise more cleanly and cheaply than ever before. Meanwhile in developed markets, AI and electrification are driving up power demand at a rate not seen in decades – fuelling demand for renewable energy and efficiency solutions across industries.
AI is dramatically changing trends in electricity demand, creating exciting opportunities for equity investors.
The energy transition has not reversed, it is just taking a different path to the one we expected. Developed markets are going more slowly, but emerging markets are surprising dramatically to the upside.
Shifting from reducing financed emissions to financing reduced emissions. Using practical examples, this paper sets out how we can evolve the approach to net-zero investing to achieve the dual objectives of delivering decarbonisation in the real economy while optimising returns for clients and beneficiaries.
Trump’s sweeping trade reset marks the largest US tariff escalation in nearly a century. Ninety One’s Investment Institute unpacks the policy shift, outlines scenario-based outcomes, and explores what it means for markets.
High interest rates and uncertainty have created a challenging backdrop for Brazilian companies. But some businesses are using adversity to catalyse innovation.
By focusing allocations on financing real-world emissions reduction and using engagement to encourage net-zero alignment, investors can help to shift the economy toward a credible decarbonisation pathway, while optimising returns for clients and beneficiaries.
With US trade tariff-related uncertainty now top-of-mind for investors, Thys Louw and Aurelie Martin present our proprietary framework for assessing sovereign vulnerability, and explain how tariff-related market volatility could present investment opportunities.
Higher interest rates and policy uncertainty have resulted in negative sentiment towards clean-tech sectors. This is creating a compelling opportunity for a countercyclical, diversified source of returns.
The high cost of shipping materials and goods around Indonesia – a country comprising more than 17,000 islands – is putting a brake on the development of the e-commerce sector. The largest Indonesian e-commerce player is innovating to break the logistics logjam, and in doing so extend its market leadership.
Colombia is a pioneer in the sustainable bond market, and its progress on nature and biodiversity is encouraging. But broader sustainability performance is mixed, explains Nicolas Jaquier.
How will Trump 2.0 affect clean-tech sectors, including renewable energy and electric vehicles? Deirdre Cooper considers what lies ahead for investors in global decarbonisation.
The way that companies impact nature is becoming increasingly recognised as an investment risk and opportunity. Portfolio Manager Stephanie Niven discusses a new way of managing nature risks from the earliest stages of construction and infrastructure projects.
Artificial intelligence is accelerating demand for clean and efficient energy. As a result, the growth opportunity across the clean-tech value chain is multiplying.
Financial innovation to manage extreme-weather risk.
What do mouthwash, clean stoves, and parametric insurance all have in common?
MercadoLibre’s success in capturing the digital inclusion structural growth opportunity in Latin America makes it a hidden gem according to Emerging Markets Sustainable Equities Portfolio Manager Juliana Hansveden and Analyst Eduardo Gomes.
The US Presidential election is likely to be contested by candidates with starkly different stances on climate. What does the November poll mean for investors in the global decarbonisation opportunity?
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