With a growing focus on climate change, oil and gas companies are increasingly no longer attracting investments solely based on their ability to generate returns but also how environmentally responsible they are while generating those returns.

“The investor community is ultimately seeing a change in risk profiles of the oil and gas companies they are investing in and a growth opportunity, of course for ‘greener’ forms of energy,” David Linden, head of energy transition at Westwood Global Energy Group, told Hart Energy.