Japan’s Nippon Life Insurance has invested 53 billion yen (US$344 million) in a European transition infrastructure debt fund managed by German asset manager DWS Group.
The European Transition Infrastructure Finance Fund extends loans to European infrastructure companies with emission reduction strategies that are aligned with the Paris climate change accord.
“Through these investments, the fund seeks to contribute to the transition towards net zero greenhouse gas emission,” Nippon Life says in a statement on November 4.
According to Sundeep Vyas, head of infrastructure debt for Europe at DWS, financing transition infrastructure will support Europe’s goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Frankfurt-based DWS Group managed around 1.05 trillion euros ($1.2 trillion) of assets as of September 2025.
Nippon Life, headquartered in Tokyo, had $587 billion of assets as of March 2025.
