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Investing in the transition to a low-carbon economy

BlackRock serves clients around the world to help them achieve a better financial future, striving to meet their unique needs. As the world shifts to new energy systems, it creates significant investment opportunities and risks for our clients. It is our role to seek optimal returns and outcomes for our clients in line with their investment choices, while managing the risks as effectively as possible.

We see the transition to a low-carbon economy having implications for macroeconomic trends and portfolios. We are providing clients with the solutions and tools to help them achieve their investment objectives.

To serve our clients, we have 600+ global sustainable and transition specialists focused on providing customized insights, data and a choice of investment solutions and technology tailored to our clients' needs.​

We approach this work solely in service of our clients' best financial interests. That is the foundation upon which we built BlackRock into the most trusted asset manager in the world1 – a total focus on our clients, underpinned by our respect for their diverse preferences and uniqueness.

Why does the low-carbon transition matter for our clients?

Structural shifts associated with the low-carbon transition – technological innovation, consumer and investor preferences for lower-carbon products, and shifts in government policies – are reshaping production and consumption and spurring capital investment.

Our global team of investment and sector specialists, climate scientists, data analysts, and engineers research macroeconomic and investment trends related to the transition, in order to evaluate risks and opportunities and deliver unique insights to clients.

Three forces are driving this economic transformation, with implications across regions and sectors

Three forces are driving this economic transformation, with implications across regions and sectors are technology with a 79% reduction in battery costs (source 2), consumer preferences with a 40% electric vehicle share of global passenger vehicle sales by 2030 (source 3), and policy with upwards of
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1BlackRock is trusted to manage more assets than any other global asset manager, with an AUM of $9.1 trillion as of September 30, 2023.
2BloombergNEF, Top 10 Energy Storage Trends in 2023
3BloombergNEF, Electric Vehicle Outlook, June 2022. This figure reflects the report’s Economic Transition Scenario.
4BII, Rocky Mountain Institute, and European Commission, December 2022. $ figures are shown in USD.

What we’re hearing from clients

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5. BlackRock iResearch Services global survey of 200 institutional investors with US$8.7 trillion of assets. May-June 2023. Survey covered institutional investors’ attitudes, approaches, barriers and opportunities regarding transition investing.

Innovation in action

We visit a range of portfolio companies that are developing innovative solutions that could transform their industries.

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Our fiduciary approach to sustainability and the low-carbon transition

As a fiduciary, our approach to investing in this transition is the same as our approach across our platform: we provide choice to our clients; we seek the best risk-adjusted returns within the mandates clients give us; and we underpin our work with research, data, and analytics.

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