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    Sustainable Banking Report 2025

    Transition investing

    What opportunities do affluent investors see in mobilising capital towards a low-carbon economy?

What is transition investing?

Transition investing refers specifically to investing with the ambition of supporting and enabling the transition to a low-carbon economy. This expands impactful investments to those outside of traditional climate solutions (e.g. renewable energy), to include companies in high-carbon sectors which have credible plans to align or maintain alignment of their business with a net zero trajectory. This can include organisations in sectors such as steel, and cement, but also companies which enable the transition of these sectors (e.g. scrap steel producers).

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    Strong interest

    87 per cent are interested in transition investing

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    High importance

    94 per cent find it important to invest in companies with credible transition plans

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    Knowledge gap

    Only 15 per cent could define transition investing before we presented our definition to them

Explore market sentiments

Click on each tile to find out what high-net-worth investors across these eight markets think about transition investing, including their motivations and the barriers they face in this type of investment.

Standard Chartered has an important role to play in supporting our clients, sectors and markets to deliver net zero, but to do so in a manner that supports livelihoods and promotes sustainable economic growth. We currently provide financial services to clients, sectors and markets that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions however we’re committed to net zero in our own operations by 2025 and in our financed emissions by 2050.