Talking Heads

Making investments in infrastructure debt impactful

Apr 11, 2023

Chief Market Strategist, Investment Director for Infrastructure Debt, and ESG Specialist discuss sustainable investing in infrastructure debt, emphasizing challenges in aligning sustainability objectives with risk returns, navigating regulatory changes, and exploring innovations in ESG integration for infrastructure investments. They highlight the advantages of infrastructure debt as an asset class and recommend engaging with BNP Parivah Asset Management for investment perspectives.

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Stephanie Passet

Daniel Morris

Maxence Foucault

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Quick takeaways

Investing in infrastructure debt focuses on sustainability beyond obvious assets like solar plants, with a strategy encompassing transitioning utilities and hydrogen.

Regulatory requirements like SFDR and EU taxonomy necessitate alignment with sustainable investment criteria, leading to enhanced reporting standards and impact assessments.

Deep dives

Sustainability in Infrastructure Debt

Investing in infrastructure debt offers resilience through economic cycles, especially with inflation-linked revenues. The strategy focuses on less obvious sustainable assets like transitioning utilities, hydrogen, and carbon capture. Origination capabilities play a key role in identifying these assets, requiring strong sustainability expertise and partnerships with organizations like BNP Commercial Investment Bank.

Introduction

5min

Navigating Regulatory Challenges in Sustainable Investing

4min

Exploring Future Innovations in ESG Integration for Infrastructure Investments

3min

Exploring the Role of Infrastructure Debt in Sustainable Investing

2min

Making investments in infrastructure debt impactful from a sustainability angle requires a perspective that goes beyond an attractive risk-return ratio and obvious green infrastructure assets such as solar plants. On this Talking Heads podcast, Daniel Morris, Chief Market Strategist, Investment Director for Infrastructure Debt Stephanie Passet and ESG Specialist and Lead on Private Assets Maxence Foucault discuss the ins and outs of sustainable investing in infrastructure debt[1] in an environment where definitions are still being finetuned and the regulatory framework continues to evolve.

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