ESG & Investing
Smarter Energy Use Is a New Green Bet for Big-Money Investors
- Investors target big returns in using energy more efficiently
- Efficiency is a key to reaching net zero but gains are lagging
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A largely invisible driver of the green transition is rapidly gaining backers among some of the world’s largest investors, even as other climate initiatives falter.
Firms including KKR & Co., Blackstone Inc. and Brookfield Corp. are piling billions of dollars into companies and technologies that help reduce the vast amount of energy that goes wasted on assembly lines, in office buildings and even on farms.