Skip to main content

Allocation to Climate Solutions Objective

Objective setting can support investors to determine an appropriate ambition, scale and pace at which they can operationalise such goals and take advantage of investment opportunities.

As per IIGCC’s Climate Solutions Guidance for Listed Equities and Corporate Fixed Income, climate solutions can be defined as:

“activities, goods or services that contribute substantially to, and/or enable, emissions reductions to support decarbonisation in line with credible 1.5°C pathways towards net zero, or that contribute substantially to climate adaptation.

NZIF recommends that investors set a quantitative objective for scaling up investments in climate solutions where possible. This is because credible net zero pathways demand a significant increase in investment in a range of activities, goods and services across sectors and technologies. IIGCC’s Climate Investment Roadmap, using the IEA NZE Scenario, estimates $126 trillion of investment in climate solutions is likely required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement (as of April 2022).

See related links for all sections

Allocation to climate solutions

Defined as a <10-year objective for allocation capital to climate solutions.

The guidance sets out a four-step approach:

  1. Solutions classification: Identify and classify activities, products and services that contribute to emissions reductions using net zero pathways and/or local taxonomies.
  2. Contribution type: Assess the type of contribution those activities make to decarbonisation (e.g. transitioning or enabling activities).
  3. Corporate indicators: Assess contribution of a corporate using revenue and capex data.
  4. Portfolio/fund metrics: Aggregate corporate green activity up to portfolio or fund level.

Our supplementary climate solutions guidance can help investors identify, classify and measure allocation within listed equity and corporate fixed income, with the topic fast evolving. We do not offer recommendations on allocation or threshold levels.

Climate solutions diagram

Disclosure

To support clear and transparent disclosures and protect the integrity of climate solutions classifications, it is recommended that investors follow two core disclosure principles.

  • Transparency: Disclose assumptions and methodologies in a clear, fair and not misleading manner when using a Taxonomy-plus approach.
  • Standardisation: Use the disclosure template available in the appendix to enhance standardisation of green revenue and green capex disclosures across the industry.

Download PDF reports