Investor group warns logistics industry over financial risks of air pollution
Investors have signed a public statement urging freight and logistics companies to address financial risks linked to air pollution. Signatories, including a coalition of 31 investors with a collective $1.8tn under management, say progress thus far has been insufficient.
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The statement makes the case that rising air pollution is translating into material financial risks. In addition to macroeconomic losses and nature loss, signatories cite concerns over regulatory and litigation risks.
“Investors are rightly concerned about the lack of meaningful action from freight companies to reduce harmful pollutants from vehicle fleets”, says Justine Holmes, clean air lead at advocacy group ShareAction.
“Air pollution is one of the most damaging health risks in investors’ portfolios, with associated healthcare costs and lost workforce productivity costing the global economy US6$ trillion every year”, she adds.
Investors backing the statement include Achmea Investment Management, BlackPoint Asset Management, Mirabaud Asset Management, Nia Impact Capital, LBP Asset Management, Dutch pension scheme Stichting Pensioenfonds Huisartsen, Swiss pension fund Pensionskasse Basel-Stadt and Denmark’s AkademikerPension.
“Air pollution is an overlooked risk”, commented AkademikerPension’s chief of ESG Rikke Berg Jacobsen.
“We support this initiative because it highlights the need for the transport and logistics sector to treat air pollution as a core business issue as well as emphasising that risks are often invisible, yet deeply consequential for the health of communities, workers, and long-term economic resilience”, she notes.
In a statement, ShareAction said it will raise investor concerns over air pollution at the upcoming freight and logistics annual general meetings during the 2026 proxy season.
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