Our Founder, Karen Shackleton joined the panel on infrastructure investment at the LGC Investment & Pensions Summit in Birmingham this September, contributing to a lively discussion on how to approach the infrastructure asset class in the current geopolitical climate.

Hosted in partnership with GLIL Infrastructure, the roundtable brought together leading figures from across the local government pension scheme (LGPS) sector to explore how funds can navigate political and economic shifts while continuing to invest for long-term, sustainable growth.

Karen reflected on the challenge of climate and net-zero scepticism within the political landscape, and how this could influence investment priorities:

“For me, it has to come back to what are these investments delivering – secure income, inflation linking, cashflow over the long term – and linking that to the pension fund. Because if you think about it in those terms, and I’ve been trying to put myself into the headset of a someone who is less keen on the sustainability agenda, if you bring it back to return, then it’s a different conversation to just going straight in with ‘oh, it’s on our net-zero journey’.”

Her comments underlined the importance of framing sustainable investment through the lens of financial resilience and member outcomes, ensuring impact and return remain mutually reinforcing goals.

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