Nick Langley

“The biggest mistake we make as investors is to think that the environment going forward is going to be similar to either the environment that we’ve had or the environment that is shortly foreseeable,” Langley said, adding that “all of this is going to get turned on its head”.

The net-zero transition will bring about an economic transformation, with massive up-front investment leading to near-zero energy costs in the near future, ClearBridge Investments’ Nick Langley told industry leaders at The Inside Network’s ESG Retreat. But big challenges remain, with no easy answers.

Speaking on a fireside chat during The Inside Network’s recent ESG event in Tasmania, Langley said that while infrastructure assets will continue carrying the burden of inflation there is likely more to be concerned about with REITS, both in the dominant US market and around the world.