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'This decarbonisation movement is truly the biggest generational opportunity for the infrastructure asset class that will be in front of us over the next couple of decades,' George Yong says.

ICI, a private equity-focused decarbonisation group hosted by the UN’s PRI, urges PE firms to set net-zero targets.

Scope 4 emissions and carbon-adjusted earnings were some of the cutting edge ideas on the menu at this week’s Responsible Investment Forum: Europe.

By self-imposing a financially punitive measure to reduce emissions, NREP is demonstrating a method which promotes proactivity over passive carbon reduction investments.

Investors in Adamantem’s $536m second fund monitor portfolio companies’ net-zero plans and progress – an unusually high level of LP involvement for private equity.

Stan Miranda, founder of Partners Capital, talks to Toby Mitchenall about how private markets investors should think about uncertainty when investing into the global energy transition.

The firm looks for infrastructure investments in energy, water and urban infrastructure that are well positioned to weather the 'triple threat' of physical, regulatory and policy climate risks.

The fund is backed by mainly large utility, energy and industrial companies, including Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Williams Cos and Duke Energy

Nordic real estate investor NREP is starting to tax embodied and operational carbon and put the proceeds towards decarbonisation initiatives.

The US regulator has started asking managers for granular detail about GHG emissions data and industry ESG standards, like the UN-backed PRI.