Sustainable Infrastructure – the example of NextEra

3 min read 28 Sep 21

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NextEra Energy is a company at the vanguard of renewable energy deployments. The critical nature of the underlying assets epitomises the attractions of infrastructure as an asset class, while the structural growth in renewables provides a powerful long-term tailwind for companies addressing climate change. 

The value and income from the fund’s assets will go down as well as up. This will cause the value of your investment to fall as well as rise. There is no guarantee that the fund will achieve its objective and you may get back less than you originally invested.

NextEra Energy is a US utility company which ranks as the world’s largest producer of wind and solar energy. With a broad geographic footprint across the US, NextEra Energy is the nation’s leading provider of clean energy including natural gas, a key transition fuel for the reduction of carbon emissions. It is also a market leader in energy storage, with more capacity than any other company in the US, to improve the efficiency of energy use.

Sustainability is at the core of the company’s strategy to benefit a broad range of stakeholders: the environment, by way of its focus on clean sources of energy; customers, by way of a reliable service and lower costs; and shareholders, by way of consistently rising cashflows and dividends. We invested in NextEra Energy in October 2017 and since then the company has produced higher dividends and a higher share price.

Past performance is not a guide to future performance.

The value and income from the fund’s assets will go down as well as up. This will cause the value of your investment to fall as well as rise. There is no guarantee that the fund will achieve its objective and you may get back less than you originally invested.

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