Category: Impact Investing
Foreign Minister James Cleverly Announces Major Investments During COP27 Summit in Egypt Britain’s Foreign Minister, James Cleverly, recently announced a significant financial commitment to global climate action. Speaking at the COP27 climate...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation echoed African leaders’ calls for countries to rapidly scale-up finance for climate adaptation and pledged to invest $1.4 billion to help smallholder farmers address the immediate...
Trade Coin Club raised money from more than 100,000 investors worldwide The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Douver Torres Braga, Joff Paradise, Keleionalani Akana Taylor, and Jonathan...
Aspen Power Partners LLC, a distributed generation platform with the mission of accelerating decarbonization, announced a $350 million investment from funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle. The investment supports Aspen’s organic...
Amazon commits $53 million to accelerate women’s climate innovation and gender equity advancements Amazon and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are launching a public-private partnership to address the gender...
Partnership aligns the best-in-class consulting firm and technology platform to support clients’ ESG strategy, data collection, and outcomes. Novata, the leading ESG data management platform built for the private markets,...
Schroders announced it has published its Plan for Nature, further supporting our client-led focus on this fast-developing and increasingly important investment priority. The Plan outlines Schroders’ ambition to channel investment into...
Vanguard Global Environmental Opportunities Stock Fund is now available for investment. Starting today, investors can purchase shares during a two-week subscription period. The fund will begin pursuing its investment objective...
Barclays Eagle Labs and Carbon13 announce five-year partnership to scale over 100 GreenTech businesses through the Venture Launchpad programme Applications open in December for early-stage start-ups that require expertise in...
New benchmarks for bonds financing projects with environmental and social benefits Bloomberg announced the launch of the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Green, Social, Sustainability Bond Indices, further growing its offering of...
Emerson will receive $9.5 billion in pre-tax cash proceeds Climate Technologies had $5 billion in fiscal 2022 sales with EBITDA of $1.1 billion Unit includes market-leading Copeland compressor business and...
Situated in the booming Tampa and Orlando submarkets, the additional investments will focus on decarbonization retrofits through Taurus affiliate, RENU Communities Taurus Investment Holdings, LLC (Taurus), a global private equity real...
NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (“NANO Nuclear”), a company emerging from the shared micro Small Modular Reactor (mSMR) and Advanced Nuclear Reactor (ANR) ambitions of a world class nuclear technical team...
Unique partnership with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and veteran leadership team deploys vital capital to blue economy ‘narwhals’ at the nexus of ocean innovation, science and technology Propeller a climate-tech fund...
Nordic Capital’s eleventh large cap fund is the largest fund raised in the firm’s history, over 45% larger than its predecessor Strong demand from a...
IBD list recognizes companies with superior environmental, social and governance ratings, and strong stock performance Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK), a leading global data analytics provider, has been ranked 3 out of 100...
Cadbury chocolate-maker Mondelez International doubled down on sustainable cocoa sourcing on Wednesday, pledging to spend an additional $600 million by 2030 on efforts to combat child labour, farmer poverty and deforestation...
The company accelerates work with suppliers to decarbonize Apple-related production, and expands investments in clean energy and climate solutions around the world Apple has called on its global supply chain...
Fourth vintage of BlackRock’s flagship global diversified infrastructure equity fund series Fund seeks to capitalize on long-term trends of Decarbonization, Decentralization and Digitalization First closing secures commitments representing over half...
Industrials company Worthington Industries tops the fourth annual list from IBD Investor’s Business Daily (IBD), a leading financial news and research organization, today announced the results of its fourth annual...
MSCI Inc., a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, has today announced the launch of the MSCI Climate Action Indexes. The indexes...
The German states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Brandenburg, Saxony and Saxony Anhalt are launching the Just Transition Fund programming to support their fair transition to a green economy The country has committed...
The Education Plan®—New Mexico’s 529 college savings plan—was recently highlighted as one of a small percentage of 529 plans throughout the nation to offer socially responsible investment options. The analysis...
Current U.S. infrastructure is in major need of upgrades; significant investment by governments is already in motion, incentivizing green infrastructure initiatives. Energy transition has been the early focus of investors,...
Company will receive $197 million federal grant through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for investment in cathode active material manufacturing facility in St. Louis ICL, a leading global specialty minerals company,...
$1 Billion New Investment in Plant Spartanburg (USA) to Prepare for the Production of Battery Electric Vehicles. At Least Six Fully-Electric BMW X-Models by 2030 produced in the U.S. Additional...
The Norwegian, British and Finnish development finance arms have put $200 million into an African forestry fund, the organisations said on Wednesday, as part of a plan to invest in...
BNY Mellon Investor Solutions, LLC named Manisha K. Ali Head of Responsible Investing. She will help build and shape the Investors Solutions Responsible Investing franchise, and work to identify best in class...
Carbon Neutral Royalty Ltd. (“CNR“), a financing provider for high integrity carbon projects, today announces two senior appointments, Clare Tovey as Chief Operating Officer, and Ignus Rocher as Investment Director. Clare Tovey will be...
Freebee provides free, on-demand ride-hailing using electric vehicles to app users. The service is financed by local governments and entities, such as corporate business parks and universities, to cover defined...
Shift4Good, the first global independent impact venture capital fund dedicated to sustainable mobility, announces the 1st closing of Shift4Good Fund 1 with major institutional and corporate investors in the mobility...
Apex Group Ltd., a leading global financial services provider, announced a collaboration with BlackRock’s eFront to provide the General Partner community with market leading ESG data consulting services from Apex...
The Boston-based asset manager announced its first U.S. institutional investor in its Sustainable Global strategy, with a seed investment from sustainability-focused allocator McKnight Foundation. The investment underscores increasing demand in this...
This funding will enable the new Multi-Assistance Center at Morgan’s Wonderland to implement a Practice Without Pressure program and an Employment Support Center for individuals with disabilities UnitedHealthcare Community Plan...
To help countries, companies in low-carbon shift Group to be led by former McKinsey exec Dickon Pinner To work across asset classes, geographies BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, has...
New Platform Offers Debt Solutions and Credit to Institutional Borrowers GID, a leading real estate investment and management firm with $28.5 billion in assets under management, today announced the launch of GID Credit, the...
Bridge Investment Group Holdings Inc. announced the completed fundraising for Bridge Workforce and Affordable Housing Fund II, raising $1.74 billion in equity commitments, ahead of its $1.50 billion target. BWAF...
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Eavor Technologies Inc. to acquire shares in the company through its wholly owned subsidiary Chubu Electric...
With a target size of €600 million, the inaugural Lightrock Climate Impact Fund was significantly oversubscribed and closed on €860 million after raising its initial hard cap. The Fund...
BlackRock is pleased to announce that Scottish Widows has become the first investor in its newly launched BlackRock Global Corporate ESG Insights Bond Fund. The UK retirement savings provider is...
Golding Energy Transition 2022 to invest in infrastructure for the energy transition – focussing on solar and wind energy, energy storage technologies and decarbonisation Broad diversification across some 10 funds,...
Solution enables businesses to acquire carbon offsets using credit earned on deposits; joins Green Deposits among solutions to help clients meet ESG goals Citizens launched its Carbon Offset Deposit Account...
Schroders announces it has signed up to The Operating Principles for Impact Management, an influential global impact investing framework. This commitment to The Operating Principles for Impact Management, also known...
Citigroup Inc. is creating dedicated coverage teams to advise Australian companies on the energy transition, as well as other environmental, social and governance issues. “There’s a lot of opportunity even in...
Transaction Positions Circulus for Continued Growth in LDPE Recycling Underscores Apollo’s Commitment to Driving a More Sustainable Future Circulus Holdings, PBLLC (“Circulus”), a producer of post-consumer resin (PCR) from recycled...
75% of young investors say it’s impossible to achieve above-average returns solely with traditional stocks and bonds Half of parents believe children aren’t prepared to handle family money; waiting until...
Asset managers globally are expected to increase their ESG-related assets under management to US$33.9tn by 2026, from US$18.4tn in 2021. With a projected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.9%,...
The Fund is focused on scaling proven hydrogen technologies for mature infrastructure assets and aims to play a major role in decarbonizing the global economy Launched just a year ago,...
Japanese carmaker is willing to invest in electric car entity Carve-out presents chance to rebalance decades-old alliance Nissan Motor Co. is ready to invest $500 million to $750 million in Renault SA’s...
The World Bank said on Monday it is launching a trust fund aimed at pooling public funds to provide grants for projects to reduce carbon emissions, including decommissioning coal-fired power...
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