All Infrastructure articles – Page 13
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VideoThe European industrial and logistics sector
Quality logistics space is an essential part of a country’s infrastructure. The rise of ecommerce is only one driver – a focus on making supply chains more robust is also boosting demand for industrial space closer to European markets, while a widespread need to update and improve aging buildings to meet increasingly strict ESG regulations provides yet another opportunity.
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White papersStrategy and value creation in a changing infrastructure environment: IREI’s interview with Andrew Morris
We started as a global, diversified core-focused business. As the industry has matured, the best investors have become increasingly specialized, and we have followed suit. We’ve been focusing on building specific capabilities in infrastructure sectors we think are the most attractive, and in the past five years, that has been in the digital and energy transition in the two largest markets — North America and Europe.
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White papersHow investors can get on board with sustainable travel and transport
International tourism is expected to return to almost pre-pandemic levels this year, but this poses something of a conundrum. How do we combine the economic and wider benefits of travel with the increasing urgency of the need to tackle climate change?
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White papersConflict risk: an engagement update
The world’s facing much geopolitical uncertainty. We’ve been engaging with companies on their exposure to high-risk areas like Myanmar, Sudan, Russia, and Ukraine.
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White papersListed Infrastructure: A timely complement to unlisted infrastructure
Since its emergence as an asset class in the 1990s, infrastructure has increasingly featured as a distinct allocation within institutional investment portfolios. Traditional infrastructure assets typically share specific attributes that support the delivery of steady investment returns throughout an economic cycle.
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PodcastPodcast: Is hydrogen really the solution to net zero?
How practical is it for the world to adopt such a complex and dangerous fuel as hydrogen as a major clean energy alternative? Kristian Hoeg Madsen, Co-Head of Hydrogen Investment at Schroders Greencoat, joins the pod to discuss.
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Asset Manager NewsDebt’s Defence Against Volatility
The appetite for infrastructure debt continues to grow, with a well-developed pipeline of investments, says Infranity’s CEO Philippe Benaroya
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White papersListed Infrastructure: A timely complement to unlisted infrastructure
Since its emergence as an asset class in the 1990s, infrastructure has increasingly featured as a distinct allocation within institutional investment portfolios.
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White papersHydrogen and net zero – which ambitions are realistic, and which are less so?
Hydrogen is not an energy source in itself, but more a means of transmitting or storing energy. Its relative expense means we expect it only to be used where it’s the only viable solution.
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Research ReportGlobal Environmental Social and Governance Report 2022
Our Annual ESG Report sets out our approach to ESG and provides an update on the progress we and our portfolio companies have made in 2022.
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White papersDebt’s defence against volatility
The appetite for infrastructure debt continues to grow, with a well-developed pipeline of investments, says Infranity’s CEO Philippe Benaroya
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White papersKeynote Interview: The renewables path is clear
In an article originally published by Infrastructure Investor magazine, Matt Ridley, partner at Schroders Greencoat, says the right time for renewables is now, with the required investment in renewable energy and associated infrastructure representing a multi-trillion dollar opportunity globally.
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White papersBuilding resilience: IREI interview on infrastructure’s potential to benefit global food security
The consequences of COVID-19 triggered global concern around food security. Even developed countries such as the UK worried about food shortages during the global lockdown because borders were basically closed. In some regions, such as the Middle East, there were concerns about the potential political unrest due to shortages and rising food prices.
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White papersInfrastructure Outlook 2023: Uncertainty, transition and social factors
The Infrastructure Outlook Report 2023 highlights the opportunities for investors arising from the renewed attention on energy security and the energy transition, as well as the increasing importance of social factors in investment decision-making, such as inclusion and diversity and worker safety.
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White papersSharing knowledge towards infrastructure safety improvement
The environments in and around essential infrastructure often involve interaction between large civil structures and operating systems, the transportation of commodities and manufactured goods, and a range of people – workers, customers, suppliers, tenants, visitors and community members.
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White papersFuture mobility – investing for impact and sustainable change
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), transport has the highest reliance on fossil fuels of any sector, and accounted for 37% of global carbon dioxide emissions from end-use sectors in 2021. The replacement of traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) powered vehicles with electric vehicles (EV) is therefore a core component of the transition to a more sustainable future.
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White papersHave we started to climb the EV adoption S-Curve?
We believe the next decade will be when battery electric vehicles shift into gear to climb their own, steep S-curve in the consumer world.
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White papersAdvancing inclusion and diversity in infrastructure
The body of research evidencing I&D as a powerful driver of business growth and performance continues to grow. I&D has been increasing in prominence as a sustainable investment theme in major public markets globally for over a decade, and private market investors are increasingly following suit.
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White papersInfrastructure remains resilient despite macro challenges, April 2023
Tightening monetary policy, rising interest rates and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have shifted the macro landscape to the point where a global recession is possible in 2023.
