Energy transition – facilitating decarbonization

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Why invest in energy transition?

Structural growth: companies positively exposed to structural long term trends should reduce economic cycle exposures

Portfolio diversification: a global thematic equity strategy, investing across industry sectors and geographic regions providing lower correlation to the broader market

Access attractive growth opportunities: by investing in companies that facilitate more efficient use of resources and emissions reduction and align with global climate mitigation goals

Why now?

There are four broad themes driving the energy transition

Clean transportation

Global EV sales are expected to increase 10x during the current decade and surpass IC in sales the next 15 years

Source: BNEF Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook 2021. EV includes battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, IC includes mild hybrid and pure internal combustion engine vehicles. This page contains projections, there is no guarantee these projections will be met.

One of the main catalysts driving growth within these energy transition themes is policy from both governments and corporations

The energy transition universe of over $9 trillion is comprised of companies that are making the biggest impact in reducing emissions. Investing in the energy transition can provide diversification and upside potential to a portfolio as it is encompasses 6 of the 11 GICS^® sectors.

Dramatic changes need to occur over the next several decades to hit these goals. At Ecofin, we believe that investing in the facilitaters of decabonization should result in strong performance while making an impact.

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