Delivering Sustainable Infrastructure

Sustainability

We recognise our responsibility to ensure that our investments have a long-term sustainable impact.

Of our assets under management (AUM) 35 per cent are now aligned to net zero and 46 per cent are social or digital infrastructure assets. When it comes to decarbonising assets, we are leading the industry as one of the first infrastructure asset managers to have set a net zero commitment like ours.

Sustainability Strategy

Our Pillars

Our sustainability strategy is based on six pillars: Climate Change, Resource Use, Biodiversity, Communities, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Responsible Business. These pillars help us determine where best to nurture ambition, prioritise and deploy resources.

Climate Change

Build projects resilient to climate change and aligned with 1.5°C pathways

Resource Use

Promote the efficient and sustainable use of resources

Biodiversity

Protect and restore biodiversity and ecosystems

Communities

Contribute to enhanced livelihoods and social wellbeing of communities

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Advance diversity and inclusion across our projects

Responsible Business

Uphold best-in-class moral, ethical, governance and labour standards

These six pillars have fed into how we assess our current assets’ existing approach to managing ESG risks and opportunities, as well as into our positive and negative screening of investment opportunities.

Embedding ESG into the investment process

We recognise our responsibllity to ensure that our investments have a positive impact. For us, that means investing in and actively managing infrastructure that helps meet public needs, fosters sustainable growth and improves the lives of communities. We have developed positive criteria to increase transparency within our deal teams on the type of assets and investments that should benefit from ESG tailwinds. We also developed negative screening criteria that determine material sustainability impacts and how to mitigate them. We would avoid investing in assets that are environmentally/socially harmful where there is no mitigation possible.

Reducing our sustainability impact

We aim to be a leader in responsible private market investment. This involves stepping up to actively manage asset sustainability to create and protect long-term value. When it comes to achieving net zero, decarbonising infrastructure is vital. We are dedicated to contributing to the transition, investing in solutions that help accelerate change while driving our assets to become more sustainable. This starts with our sustainability strategy, which guides how we operate and helps ensure sustainability remains at the heart of every decision we make.

Responsibility over the long-term

Our hold to maturity approach means that we take a long-term and disciplined approach to managing social and environmental risks and opportunities. Our active presence on the ground plays a huge role in achieving our ESG goals because it enables us to identify concerns, influence partners and drive forward our sustainability agenda.

Climate Change

Investing sustainably on the path to net zero

We are determined to play our part in addressing climate challenges. Climate considerations are embedded in both our investment process and asset management. We seek to develop projects that are resilient to climate change and aligned with a 1.5°C pathway.

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Resource Use

Promoting the efficient and sustainable use of resources

Resource extraction and processing are responsible for 50 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions and 90 per cent of biodiversity loss. Working with our partners to reduce the use of raw materials and construction waste is therefore a key priority for us.

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Communities

Society's backbone

Infrastructure facilitates access to energy, transport, housing and healthcare while increasing productivity and creating jobs. We help communities located near our assets by improving access to essential services and supporting sustainable livelihoods and strive to create sustainable local partnerships that benefit everyone involved.

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An independent grant-making charity

The John Laing Charitable Trust is an independent charity established in 1962 to care for the welfare of former and current employees of the John Laing group of companies and to improve the lives of people in need.

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Read our latest sustainability report

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