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Schroders is announcing the UK onshoring of the Global Sustainable Food and Water Fund. Initially launched in October 2021, this latest move looks to increase the level of accessibility to...
On June 30, 2023, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) reached first close on its fifth flagship fund Copenhagen Infrastructure V (CI V) at EUR 5.6 billion in capital commitments received –...
NextEnergy Capital, the leading global solar specialist in the renewables sector, is delighted to announce the first close of its fifth investment vehicle NextPower V ESG, a flagship OECD-focused solar strategy...
The governing board of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) endorsed a $70 million plan to support grid flexibility for clean energy integration in Brazil. The concessional finance from CIF’s Renewable...
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $67.7 million to help finance the first phase of the Kyrgyz Renewable Energy Development Project that aims to increase renewable energy generation...
India’s climate-focused venture capital firm Avaana Capital said on Wednesday it raised $70 million in its first funding round as it looks to invest in the clean energy and climate-technology...
During the visit of Prime Minister Mark Rutte from the Netherlands and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen from Denmark to President Cyril Ramaphosa, a Heads of Agreement has been concluded with...
Finland’s largest pension insurance company, Ilmarinen, yesterday selected the iShares Climate Conscious & Transition MSCI USA ETF to help achieve its climate-focused investment objectives. Ilmarinen provided an initial investment of...
BlackRock on Tuesday launched the “Brown to Green Materials Fund” targeting undervalued carbon-intensive companies that produce the raw materials and products driving the energy transition. Investors are increasingly focused on what...
BBVA has invested 20 million dollars in Just Climate’s Climate Assets Fund I whose objective is to invest in the highest impact solutions that can radically reduce or remove emissions, while generating attractive risk-adjusted financial...
Just Climate, an investment business established by Generation Investment Management to address the net-zero challenge at scale, has announced the closing of its inaugural fund, Climate Assets Fund I. The...
Climate-focused Regenerate Asset Management said larger British peer M&G will invest up to 150 million euros ($165.12 million) in the firm’s inaugural fund and take an equity stake in the...
TDK Corporation announced that subsidiary TDK Ventures Inc. will launch its third fund, totaling $150 million in new capital. The new fund will target early-stage investments in energy transition, electrification, and decarbonization...
Schroders announces the launch of Carbon Offset share classes. This innovation will provide clients with the choice to offset carbon emissions associated with their underlying fund holdings. These share classes...
Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, announced it has committed US$ 200 million to fund research and development (R&D) projects focussed on reducing the impact of fossil fuels in commercial...
Energy Impact Partners, a global investment firm custom-built to invest in the energy transition, announced it has completed fundraising for its inaugural Elevate Future Fund I LP, one of the...
Japanese trading house eyes floating wind turbines, sustainable aviation fuel Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp., together with MUFG bank and others, will launch one of the largest decarbonization funds in...
New sustainable fund launches fell sharply in the first three months of 2023, led by a drop in Europe amid regulatory uncertainty and greenwashing concerns, Morningstar said. The estimated 113...
BDC announces the creation of its new $150-million Sustainability Venture Fund dedicated to investing in businesses developing technologies that will support Canada and the world to meet sustainability and climate targets. The Fund...
NEO welcomes Mackenzie Investments back to the NEO Exchange, with the launch of the Mackenzie Corporate Knights Global 100 Index ETF. The fund begins trading today under the symbol MCKG. The ETF seeks...
Amundi, the largest European asset manager, announces the launch of a comprehensive range of Net Zero Ambition funds across the main asset classes. This suite of actively and passively managed...
Infogrid, a leader in sustainability focused smart building technology, has announced it has raised $90 million in fresh equity and converting CLNs, and a further $30m of debt facilities in Series B funding after...
Lloyd’s, the world’s leading marketplace for commercial, corporate and speciality risk solutions, has announced the launch of the Lloyd’s Private Impact Fund with the appointment of Schroders’ specialist private assets...
A new fund with Climate Asset Management adds another option for securing high-impact, scalable, nature-based carbon removal offsets Apple announced a major expansion of its Restore Fund, doubling the company’s...
Bloomberg announced its Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) solution has a new dashboard enabling fund managers to seamlessly track and pick investments that align with the key ESG indicators mandated...
Schroders Capital, the specialist private markets investment division, announces the launch of Schroders Capital Climate+ LTAF, a Long-Term Asset Fund (LTAF), designed to help UK pension fund investors support the...
The Bezos Earth Fund announced $34.5 million in grants as part of its $10 billion commitment to fight climate change and protect nature, supporting transformative work to improve greenhouse gas...
Robeco has launched the Robeco Sustainable Senior Loan Fund (SLF), its second closed-ended private debt fund and one of the first to credibly integrate sustainability into private debt investments. SLF...
A socially responsible investing approach that aims to earn current income TD Asset Management Inc. expanded its sustainability suite with the launch of the TD North American Sustainability Bond Fund,...
South Korea’s national pension fund will consider climate change as part of its stewardship activities going forward, the welfare ministry said on Tuesday. A panel that oversees the National Pension...
Sasol has announced that it has established Sasol Ventures to advance Sasol’s decarbonisation and 2050 net zero ambitions through venture capital. It will invest €50 million over the next five...
In an effort to rally businesses and consumers, United launched the United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund, a first-of-its-kind investment vehicle designed to support start-ups focused on decarbonizing air travel by...
NextEnergy Capital, a global solar specialist in the renewables sector, is delighted to announce the third close of NextPower UK ESG at £595 million. The Fund has exceeded its target...
The funding will allow AGGF to broaden its financing for climate-friendly projects in Africa The AfricaGoGreen Fund has made headlines with the announcement of its successful second fundraising close, securing...
Phoenix Group, the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, has assigned £338 million of with-profits investment funds to a new multi asset climate solution which will be managed by...
Meeting in Mumbai, European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice-President Kris Peeters and founder of global sustainability private equity firm GEF Capital Partners Raj Paj formally announced a $40 million commitment to the...
The ACCF is a multi-donor trust fund that backs the African Development Bank Group’s target of tripling its climate financing and advancing Africa’s climate resilience Ireland and Austria have joined...
The governing board of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) endorsed a wide-ranging investment plan to fast-track the transformation of Colombia’s energy system and help enable its grid system to absorb...
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has announced the launch of an exchange-traded fund platform with the listing of six Calvert ETFs on NYSE Arca. The ETF product suite features Calvert Research...
The OPEC Fund for International Development, a multilateral development finance institution headquartered in Vienna, Austria, committed US$1.5 billion in financing to 41 projects last year, supporting partner countries worldwide to...
Five New ETFs Expand Putnam’s Offerings Across Asset Classes Putnam Investments announced that it has officially launched five new transparent, actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that begin trading today on the...
“FUREC is a prime example of the circular economy at its best, using waste to produce hydrogen. The funding commitment from the EU Innovation Fund proves us right and underlines...
Stafford Capital Partners, a leading international private markets investment and advisory group, has launched Stafford Infrastructure Secondaries Fund V, its fifth infrastructure secondaries fund. SISF V has a €1.3bn target...
NextEnergy Capital, a global solar specialist in the renewables sector, is pleased to announce the launch of its follow-on private OECD international solar strategy, NextPower V ESG. NPV ESG follows the...
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, the fund arm of Goldman Sachs, said on Tuesday it had raised $1.6 billion for its first private equity fund focused on investing in companies providing...
Hong Leong Asset Management Bhd launches its first Shariah-compliant ESG fund, the Hong Leong Global Shariah ESG Fund, which aims to provide investors with medium- to long-term capital growth by...
Envision Energy, Envision Group’s subsidiary focused on smart wind power, smart energy storage system technology and green hydrogen solutions, has announced the completion of Asia’s first green syndicated loan compliant with both...
HSBC Global Asset Management (Canada) Limited, manager of the HSBC Mutual Funds, announced the closure of the HSBC Sustainable Balanced Fund. The Fund will close on or about 30 December...
More than $800 million already invested across five companies that are combating climate change at scale General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, announced the final close of its...
On Saturday night, Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement to set up a new fund to help vulnerable citizens most affected by energy and transport poverty. Negotiators agreed to...
Franklin Templeton offers 59 ETFs to U.S. investors totaling approximately $10 billion in assets under management Franklin Templeton announced the launch of the ClearBridge Sustainable Infrastructure Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF), expanding...
Northern Trust Asset Management, one of the world’s leading investment managers, continues to expand its sustainable investment solutions with the launch of two global bond ESG funds and the corresponding...
“Fundraising for a new strategy, a new company in a new asset class takes a while.” Investors have committed $650 million to two so-called natural capital funds backed by HSBC Asset...
The European Investment Fund (EIF) is investing – with support of the InvestEU programme – €50 million into the climate tech venture capital fund World Fund, joining more than 200...
Australians are leading in the global push to see more ESG options in their retirement plans. According to the just-released 2022 MFS Global Defined Contribution Survey, more than 80 per cent of...
Europe’s largest fund manager Amundi has downgraded 100 funds with 45 billion euros ($46.28 billion) in assets to a lower level of sustainability under European Union rules ahead of new reporting...
Schroders Capital announces it has launched its place-based impact investment strategy focused on delivering positive social impact outcomes across the UK. The UK Real Estate Impact Fund will predominantly invest...
SE Ventures grows to €1 billion establishing itself as one of the largest venture capital platforms focused on electrification, digitization and decarbonization building on highly successful Fund I track record...
A Norway-backed fund to protect Brazil’s Amazon rainforest will restart “very soon after the 1st of January”, Norway’s environment minister Espen Barth Eide told Reuters on Thursday. The so-called Amazon...
The project will directly benefit public institutions responsible for the pharmaceutical industry’s development The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the concessional lending arm of the African Development...
New fund to invest in 15 to 20 early and growth-stage companies across U.S. MassMutual Ventures announced that it has launched a new $100 million fund to invest in early and growth-stage companies...
Fund Targets Low-Carbon Real Assets in Energy, Water, and Urban Infrastructure Sectors Climate Adaptive Infrastructure, an investment firm that targets control investments in large-scale, low-carbon real assets in the clean...
The Indonesia Investment Authority, the country’s sovereign wealth fund, is to set up a green electric vehicle (EV) fund of at least $2 billion with China’s battery maker CATL and...
The Emerging Market Climate Action Fund has announced a $25 million investment into Alcazar Energy Partners II, a fund providing early-stage equity financing to develop, construct and operate renewable energy projects...
DWS, one of the world’s leading asset managers, announced the listing of three new ETFs that provide exposure to U.S. equity investment styles with ESG screened U.S. dividend, growth and...
Receives Significant Investor Support for Climate Solutions to Help Decarbonize the Global Economy Reinforces Strength of VoLo Earth’s Purpose-Driven Team of Founders, Investors, and Climate Strategists VoLo Earth, an emerging...
The Climate Investment Funds (CIF), one of the world’s largest multilateral funds for climate action in developing countries, will finance nature-based solutions to the climate crisis in Egypt, the Dominican...
The World Bank announced a new multi-partner fund that will pool funding from the global community — including donor countries, the private sector and foundations — for scalable pathways to...
The Bloomberg Philanthropies and Goldman Sachs-backed Climate Innovation and Development Fund has completed its first set of blended-finance investments focused on innovation across the sustainable transport sector in each of...
The Framework enables State Street to fund Green and Social projects that will directly support State Street’s broader ESG strategy State Street Corporation today announced that it has issued $1...
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...
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...
The governing board of the Climate Investment Funds, one of the world’s largest multilateral funds for climate action in developing countries, endorsed new investment plans set to allocate $1 billion...
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...
The fund’s initial focus areas will include carbon capture and storage, greenhouse gas emissions, and hydrogen, ammonia and synthetic fuels Saudi Arabia aims to reach net zero emissions by 2060...
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...
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...
Launches New Online Series – “Growing Our Future” – Showcasing Game-Changing Regenerative Agriculture Initiatives PepsiCo announced the continuation of its global agriculture accelerator, the Positive Agriculture Outcomes (PAO) Fund, by...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
ECV is the only VC firm committed to investing in startups focused on ESG imperatives and digital transformation of the natural gas industry LPs include several publicly traded utility companies...
German energy equipment supplier Siemens Energy and EU-backed fund EIT InnoEnergy will team up to jointly explore investments in the energy start-up space, the fund said in a statement. No financial...
The New Community Transformation Fund-Denver (NCTF-Denver), a Colorado-based black-owned and black woman-led high-touch venture capital firm funded by innovative public-private partnerships, announced the fund’s first close with $10.6 million in...
Fund will invest in companies aligned with ESG principles and UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Revolving funding pool will support programs run by UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited “The future of the world...
Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. is pleased to announce the completion of the initial offering of Class A Units of the Harvest ESG Equity Income Index ETF pursuant to a prospectus dated August...
The climate-first venture firm has initiated two new investment funds and a sustainability knowledge hub Extantia’s existing portfolio companies includeH2PRo, INERATEC, GA Drilling, BeZero and Reverion “We provide economically and...
Financial-first impact investment fund will focus on breakthrough technology solutions that enable global health for all OurCrowd, a leading global venture firm, announced the launch of a Global Health Equity Fund...
Actively-managed fund will track about 200 US companies At least half of each company’s revenue must come from climate solutions High-carbon emissions companies will be screened out An online investment...
The European Investment Fund contributed 30 million Fund’s primary focus will be scaling and industrializing companies specializing in the energy transition. Belgian growth equity fund Junction has announced first close...
Supported by financial and impact investors such as Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, APG on behalf of its pension fund client ABP, and Nysnø Climate Investments – a wholly owned subsidiary...
Thematic active ETFs will seek to provide access to alpha opportunities through a range of sustainable themes Funds focusing on Consumption, Social Advancement and Infrastructure J.P. Morgan Asset Management has...
Image source: Emerge Canada Emerge is Canada’s first and only women-owned investment firm. “Practical and real-world approach to sustainability.” Also launching EMPWR program to encourage more women to be investment...
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