To get there, we built a simple investment strategy: divest from the sectors reliant on fossil fuels; reinvest in the companies building climate solutions; and diversify across the rest of the stock market, because it's already low-carbon. Then we update the portfolios annually to reflect changes in the market and add new companies to the climate index.
Because our strategy is pretty straight forward, it's relatively easy to backtest. We can look back and see "what if" we had launched this strategy at the beginning of 2015. The data you see here is the result of that work. We launched our live portfolios formally on Oct. 18, 2020. Everything after then is simulated using contemporaneous data. Everything before then is backtested, simulating our strategy.
Always remember, past performance is no guarantee of future returns.
What about the future?
Here's how we see it. If you believe we will stabilize our changing climate,
the following has to happen:
Fossil fuels significantly decline
To remain < 2ºC of warming by 2050, fossil fuel production must plummet.
Oil
-75%
Coal
-90%
Natural Gas
-55%
Green tech takes their place
To be on the path to < 2ºC of warming, green alternatives must surge.
2021
2030
Electric cars' share of annual sales:
3%
60%
Clean electricity investment:
$1.2 trillion
$4.4 trillion
Low-carbon hydrogen production:
9M tonnes
150M tonnes
Electric cars' share of annual sales:
2021
2030
3%
60%
Clean electricity investment:
2021
2030
$1.2 trillion
$4.4 trillion
Low-carbon hydrogen production:
2021
2030
9M tonnes
150M tonnes
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