Progressing towards Net Zero
At a time when the green transition faces increasing challenges, our commitment to Net Zero is firm. With a consolidated fund-level Infranode roadmap and investments in decarbonisation underway, Net Zero remains a strong strategic direction.
Aggregating progress through a consolidated Net Zero roadmap
During the year, we have aggregated the Net Zero roadmaps of our portfolio companies into an overarching fund-level Infranode roadmap to illustrate our journey ahead. A consolidated fund-level roadmap allows us to track our progress as fund manager over time and offers our investors extensive insights into our decarbonising progress and outlook.
Securing future returns with a decarbonisation agenda
Long-term fund performance is driven by value creation and risk management in our portfolio companies. Our Net Zero 2040 commitment was made with that objective in mind. Two years on, we remain convinced that decarbonisation is aligned with value creation and positions our portfolio for stronger, more resilient long-term returns. Importantly, our Net Zero commitment is grounded in commercial viability. We prioritise decarbonisation measures that are economically sustainable and create business value, ensuring that our transition supports long-term value creation.
Our Net Zero model
Our model for working towards Net Zero is applied consistently but executed individually, reflecting the various circumstances of each portfolio company. Putting our portfolio companies in charge of their decarbonisation paths reflects our view that they are best positioned to identify their own challenges, opportunities and commercial priorities.
Our Net Zero core principles
- Empowering local expertise. Our portfolio companies are best positioned to identify decarbonisation opportunities and barriers. That is why we enable them to lead the development of their own Net Zero 2040 roadmaps.
- Anchored in governance. With strong governance, we ensure that decarbonisation remains a strategic priority, receives sustained attention from executive management and reflects alignment among our co-owners.
- Commercially centered. We pursue decarbonisation through commercially viable solutions. We prioritise measures that reduce emissions while creating value and seek to develop new business opportunities linked to decarbonisation.
- Focused on actions. Our approach to decarbonisation is action-oriented, because actions bring results. We prioritise feasible, value-creating actions with clear ownership and timelines over rigid annual reduction targets.
