In recent coverage of EDHECInfra’s airport report, reporters of The Actuary said that infrastructure investors are increasingly concerned that carbon emissions and transition risks are not being integrated into airport asset-price judgments. They refer to the EDHECinfra’s study and highlight that carbon footprints and financial performance of transport infrastructures, reveals that ‘carbon intensity’ is not currently a significant factor in airports’ financial performance, once traditional pricing factors such as size and profit are taken into account. It says that data on Scope 1 and 2 emissions is scarce and difficult to benchmark, and “almost no one reports Scope 3 emissions”.

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