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The network will allow institutional investors and local authorities to collaborate on the development of innovative ways to boost investment in deprived areas of the UK. 

Mathieu Nègre, head of emerging markets impact equities at Union Bancaire Privée (UBP), explains that while there is no irrefutable proof that investor engagement is what convinces a company to provide impact data, collective efforts to encourage it do have an effect.

In January, US wealth manager Tiedemann merged with Europe’s Alvarium under the new brand of AlTi Tiedemann Global. We talk to the firm’s chief impact officer about how to scale impact with integrity.

Agri-Tech Innovation Summit | Norselab Impact Day | GIIN Impact Forum | GSG Global Impact Summit and more

Financial reporting on a complex web of nature-related impacts is a step up from climate impact reporting, but the TNFD believes its framework will enable organisations to get the ball rolling.   

Pre-series A round raises €10m to drive Ghana-based Complete Farmer’s expansion plans aimed at supporting innovation and creating a stronger agricultural value chain in West Africa.

The partnerships with private sector financial institutions will support startups and SMEs making a positive contribution to the UN SDGs and adopting more sustainable business models.

The Brussels-based investor believes the agri-food technology and bioeconomy sectors are still attractive funding destinations, despite fluctuating market conditions. 

We sit down with Jean de Fougerolles, managing partner and founder of impact venture capitalists Ascension, to discuss how ‘tech for good’ can deliver returns and positive impact for people and planet.

New report is intended as roadmap for foundations to improve governance of impact | Applications open for ImpactAssets 50 2024 | Treefera raises €2m in pre-seed funding round 

The fund will provide growth capital and expertise for companies in consumer-driven sectors, while seeking to maximise impact, promote gender diversity and ensure sustainable growth. 

According to the latest survey by global index provider FTSE Russell, data challenges remain the largest barrier to the adoption of sustainable investing by asset owners.

According to the European Woman in VC’s survey, only 9% of assets under management are managed by female fund managers, despite the correlation between gender diversity and superior performance.

This book will no doubt be loved by millennials as they exhort their elders to “GWTF” – get with the flow. But Christopher Walker longs for a few more facts and figures.

The asset manager has created a high yield fund that qualifies for the EU’s Article 9 label, with the aim to provide a more sustainable investment option for pension funds and insurance companies.  

According to Vontobel’s latest survey, the majority of European institutional investors are already investing in impact strategies.

According to estimates from the latest market survey by Big Society Capital, the size of the country’s social impact investing sector is now £9.4bn, with £1.8bn committed in 2022 alone.

Ahead of this month’s World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London, investors in the sector discuss what startups can do to attract more investors and keep their own finances under control, as borrowing costs soar. 

The $122m project provides much needed green energy to Djibouti, which relies on fossil fuel imports to supply ailing power stations, and would have been near-impossible to build without using blended finance.

New partnership extends opportunities to reach more microfinance institutions in emerging markets including Uzbekistan

Catastrophe bonds, or cat bonds, are attracting more interest from investors looking for opportunities in the fast-growing insurance linked securities. We meet some of the players in this space to understand how the sector is developing.