This infrastructure investment special issue first looks at the use of data to produce a benchmark or comparable (‘comp’) of the climate risks of infrastructure companies.
P&I Supplement: Research for Institutional Money Management
In the first EDHEC Climate and Finance special issue of the supplement, we contribute an article analysing the outperformance of low-carbon energy infrastructure investments over the past decade.
IPE Supplement: EDHEC Research Insights
In the first EDHEC Climate + Finance special issue of the supplement, we contribute an article analysing the outperformance of low-carbon energy infrastructure investments over the past decade.
Carbon Footprints and Financial Performance of Transport Infrastructures: The Case of Airports
We develop a methodology to estimate the carbon footprint of thousands of airport infrastructures around the world and test for the existence of a relationship between carbon emissions and realised or expected returns in the private airport investment sector.
Physical Risks & the Cost of Capital of Infrastructure Investments: Flood damage factor estimation and bond yields in U.S. airports
In this paper, we develop a methodology to calculate the potential damage associated with different types of physical risks at the asset level, and conduct a practical implementation for flood damages in the airport sector in the United States.
Does the rise of renewable energy create new risks for investors? Insights from 20 years of energy transition in the UK
We examine the impact on the risk profile of wind and solar power investments of the increasing dominance of renewables in the energy mix of a given country, using the case of the UK whose economy has made a rapid transition to renewables and away from coal.