PensionDanmark aims to build on direct allocations in the region, which include wind and solar projects in India, South Korea, Vietnam and Taiwan. It also invests via Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
Transition credits, a new type of carbon credit that provides financial rewards for retiring carbon-intensive assets, could gain traction if enough buyers can be found.
The Chinese life insurance company believes that local expertise is important in identifying long-term investment opportunities under China’s carbon neutrality target.
Emerging markets present a $330 billion opportunity per year in green investments, a recent report noted, and highlighted four sectors ripe for private capital deployment.
As debates continue over how much is enough to green the world’s energy supply, transparent, diversified and liquid strategies may help enable investors play their part while also pursuing sustainable outcomes, says Jason Ye, head of strategy indices in APAC at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI).
Three major Asean countries — Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines — are leading in developing renewable energy sources and giving investors new opportunities.
The family office aims to tap its heavy industry experience to help others make the green transition and deploy its capital in clean energy and climate tech projects.