Delivering positive climate outcomes
Global warming is one of the greatest challenges of the modern world. The scale and urgency of change needed to ensure global greenhouse gas emissions are aligned with a 1.5 degrees Celsius pathway will impact every part of the global economy. As a committed investor, acting and supporting the transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient world is fully consistent with our values.
Our Sustainable Transition range targets opportunities linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals that support and accelerate the transition to a sustainable future. Through the Climate Transition Real Assets Strategy, we provide investors access to an actively managed, diversified portfolio of real assets with an aim to reach net zero by 2040 in line with our corporate net-zero ambition. We take a unique and innovative approach designed for investors seeking:
Attractive returns and access to a diverse range of opportunities
Positive climate outcomes
Note: Outcomes may not be achieved.
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A leading approach
Addressing climate change in real assets requires looking beyond a simple solutions strategy to maximise long-term return opportunities and impact potential. Our leading approach to climate transition encompasses a variety of real assets, including green solutions as well as sustainably managed assets with a targeted decarbonisation portfolio strategy.
Climate transition alignment
Direct investment in real assets to accelerate the climate transition and ambition to achieve net zero by 2040.
Investing with purpose
Attractive risk-adjusted returns, targeting eight per cent IRR net of fees over rolling five-year periods.
Multi-asset expertise
Portfolio construction based on identifying relative value across pan-European real estate, low-carbon infrastructure and sustainable nature-based solutions.
Note: The return target and net zero emissions ambition of the strategy are not guaranteed and may not be achieved.
Building better: Opportunities for DC schemes to invest in the climate transition through real assets
By investing in climate-aligned real assets, defined-contribution pension schemes can help propel the transition to a more sustainable future while also benefiting from portfolio diversification and attractive risk-adjusted returns, says Mark Meiklejon.
Aviva Investors Climate Transition Real Assets - Fund in Brief
The fund aims to deliver an overall GBP return (net of fees) of 8% per annum on a rolling 5-year basis, through income and capital growth from a diversified pan-European portfolio of direct real assets focusing on climate transition.
Aviva Investors Climate Transition Real Assets webcast
What lies ahead for real asset investors focused on the climate transition? Join portfolio managers James Tarry, Luke Layfield and Zoe Austin as they look back at how market turbulence has challenged real asset markets over the past 12 months, and discuss how this could present significant opportunities for climate-focused real asset investors.
Key risks
For further information on the risks and risk profiles of our strategies, please refer to the relevant KIID and Prospectus.
Investment risk
The value of an investment and any income from it can go down as well as up and can fluctuate in response to changes in currency and exchange rates. Investors may not get back the original amount invested.
Real estate risk
Investments in real estate may not be able to be sold, realised or liquidated when you want because real estate assets may not always be readily saleable. If this is the case, we may defer your request or instruction regarding your investment. Investors should also bear in mind that the valuation of real estate is generally a matter of valuers’ opinion rather than fact.
Climate Transition Real Assets team
James Tarry
Head of Multi-Asset Portfolio Management
Luke Layfield
Fund Manager
Zoe Austin
Portfolio manager
George Fraser-Harding
Head of Pan-European Funds, Real Estate
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Climate change views
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The time to lead: Reforming multilateral development banks through a climate lens
28 Nov 2023
To have a chance of limiting global warming to less than two degrees, the world must unlock huge investments in emerging markets. This is prompting calls for the reform of multilateral development banks, but will this be enough?
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Deals delayed and crowded trades…But investors can still find value in infrastructure debt
4 Sep 2023
Private infrastructure debt still offers a broad spectrum of opportunities, but investors face complex challenges. In this Q&A, our infrastructure debt team contemplate the current state of the market and where it goes from here.
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Mad about the boy: Understanding the economic and investment impacts of El Niño
25 Aug 2023
How much do ocean circulation patterns impact economic outcomes and sovereign risk? Rick Stathers and Carmen Altenkirch assess El Niño, the climate phenomenon driving atmospheric circulation in the tropics, affecting everything from GDP to inflation and social stability.
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Tipping points and transformation: Getting on the right side of change
16 Aug 2023
Rapid changes in the global economy could tip some sectors into low-carbon phases faster than incumbents expect, with important investment implications.
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The heat is on: Opportunities and risks for climate-focused bond investors
8 Aug 2023
Thomas Chinery and Justine Vroman discuss current conditions in the investment-grade market, the ECB’s “green QT” programme, and why oil and gas firms must go further and faster to decarbonise.
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Over(shooting) the limit: Why we need to keep within planetary boundaries
26 Jul 2023
Demand for fuel and raw materials is decimating the natural world, making extreme climate effects more likely. So, what might the world be like for people and investors as we go beyond planetary boundaries?
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Methane: Heating up
25 Jul 2023
Methane is the second most important gas contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide, but its warming potential is many times greater. Mikhaila Crosby explains why addressing emissions is a key priority.
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Supply and demand: Tackling both sides of the carbon emissions equation
5 Apr 2023
Despite progress through our Climate Engagement Escalation Programme, more action is needed from the world’s 30 systemically important carbon emitters, as Sora Utzinger and Louise Wihlborn explain.
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Act now: A climate emergency roadmap for the international financial architecture
1 Nov 2022
To help tackle the climate emergency, financial institutions and governments must work together to reform the global financial architecture and create a more robust net-zero transition plan, argue Steve Waygood and Thomas Tayler.
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The levers of change: A systems approach to reconcile finance with planetary boundaries
13 Sep 2022
Financial services underpin all economic activity, which itself depends on Earth’s natural capital. Resolving their interconnected issues to bring about a just transition will require a holistic, systems-thinking approach.
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A tragedy of perception: Fixing the ESG blind spots in business, finance and economics
8 Sep 2022
A distorted sense of reality has caused us to disregard sustainability concerns when modelling economies, companies and finance. We can no longer ignore such material issues just because they are too hard to fathom. This is where systems thinking comes in, explains Steve Waygood.
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Redefining stewardship: Why stakeholder capitalism needs to wake up
31 Aug 2022
Asset managers and other financial institutions have a duty to act in the best interests of their customers and society. Macro stewardship will be crucial to meeting these responsibilities, argues Mark Versey.
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Know your limits: An interview with Nafeez Ahmed
29 Aug 2022
Warnings that natural systems are close to breaking point are not new – but how will we respond? Combining what we know with existing technologies could offer a remarkable opportunity to rethink our world, as Nafeez Ahmed explains.
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The burning issue: Avoiding ESG fatigue
25 Aug 2022
How can we face existential problems and stay positive? Abigail Herron contemplates simple steps to protect momentum and avoid burnout.
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Strategies to change the financial system: An interview with Natalie Mangondo
16 Aug 2022
Can society reform the system that has enabled growth but simultaneously brought the long-term health of the planet into question? UN Climate Change High Level Champions Finance Youth Fellow Natalie Mangondo contemplates choices and change with AIQ.
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Investing in a just transition to net zero: A Q&A with Nick Robins
30 Jun 2022
Reaching net zero by 2050 will require significant injections of capital. But it is also an opportunity to rethink social relationships, as Professor Nick Robins explains.