Homepage Impact Investor

The fund, which will invest into early-stage ventures led by diverse founding teams, was backed by a range of public and private institutional investors and family offices.

Members of the impact investor community spoke to Impact Investor about whether the revised SFDR categories have brought structure to the sector, and shared what still concerns them.

At the COP 30 summit Belém, Europe did not get what it would have liked. Countries agreed to strive to triple funding for adaptation. But a plan to phase out fossil fuels did not come about, despite a back-guard battle by the EU.

Nine countries have backed the Brazil-led RAIZ accelerator that aims to galvanise public and private sector investment for the restoration of degraded farmland.

The Barcelona-based impact investor’s new fund includes investment protection mechanisms provided by state-owned COFIDES to attract private funding.

The initiative, which is being driven by Asian carbon project developer Varaha, will support the transition of over 337,000 smallholder farmers toward regenerative practices.

The investment will fund over 1,000 zero-bills homes across the UK, delivering new-build properties aimed at reducing fuel-poverty, guaranteeing residents no energy bills for at least five to ten years.

Panellists debated the complex issue of maintaining fiduciary duty while including natural, social and human capital when building resilience in institutional impact portfolios at this year’s Impact Investor Conference in The Hague.

A survey from the Global Impact Investing Network highlights concerns over impact classification and measurement, as institutions seek to scale impact investment.

Pension fund board member Evalinde Eeelens spoke at the at last week’s Impact Investor Conference about how pension funds can navigate geopolitical uncertainty and fiduciary duty while staying aligned to impact.

Family offices and foundations are working together to achieve greater impact, the Impact Investor Conference 2025 heard.

The bond, launched as the COP30 climate summit takes place in Brazil, is intended to provide a blueprint for further issuance to support development in the region.

Ronald Lenz of the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law opened this year’s Impact Investor Conference highlighting the justice gap and why SDG 16 should be an investment priority.

In a world of political and policy headwinds, development finance institutions are aiming to mobilise private capital and innovate to build impact, said speakers at the Impact Investor conference.

DREV has raised €2.8m for its contamination control technology for the battery industry, helping to protect worker health and safety, improve production efficiency, and recover critical metals.

Afrigeen Debt Impact Fund has invested €15m through a senior secured financing facility for SolarX, a solar solutions developer and operator for commercial and industrial customers in West Africa.

The fourth edition of our annual conference took place in The Hague earlier this week, attracting leading voices from Europe’s impact investing sector. Here is a selection of some of the photos from the day.

Space4Good has received backing from a range of VC investors to scale its forest intelligence platform, expand its team and operations and enhance and diversify its product suite.

The fund aims to help close the estimated annual $280bn climate adaptation gap and benefit 19million people living in emerging and developing countries, including least developed countries and small island developing states.

The Social Impact Investment Advisory Group’s recommendations aim to strengthen the partnership between government and impact investors. 

The focus for the country’s impact investors has moved away from the developing world towards Belgium and Europe in recent years, new research shows.