Christian Nielsen

Articles written by Christian Nielsen

• Impact investor Incofin raises growth capital 

  Posted in category:

  • Funds,
  • Investment

  

  Impact investor Incofin raises growth capital 

  Posted in category:

  • Funds,
  • Investment

  25 Apr 2023

  The Belgian impact fund manager has secured backing from Degroof Petercam Asset Management and Korys to accelerate its growth and impact in emerging countries.

  

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  • Christian Nielsen

• Governments should ‘stop dithering’ and better regulate corporate green claims

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment,
  • Policy & regulation

  

  Governments should ‘stop dithering’ and better regulate corporate green claims

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment,
  • Policy & regulation

  24 Mar 2023

  We need to strengthen regulations and sharpen reporting around misleading climate-related communications, according to Lindsay Otis Nilles of Carbon Market Watch.

  

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  • Christian Nielsen

• Nature-based funds: the shape of things to come? 

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment,
  • Funds,
  • Guide 2023

  

  Nature-based funds: the shape of things to come? 

  Posted in category:

  • Climate & environment,
  • Funds,
  • Guide 2023

  03 Jan 2023

  Impact investors are split on whether nature-based investing is nascent, just about to take off or already the next big thing. But they do agree that the current threat to biodiversity is unsustainable and that industry leadership is needed.

  

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  • Christian Nielsen

• EVPA conference: Impact is everywhere you look

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem

  

  EVPA conference: Impact is everywhere you look

  Posted in category:

  • Impact ecosystem

  05 Dec 2022

  An “impact extravaganza” was how one of the speakers described this year’s EVPA Impact Week & Annual Conference held in Brussels last week, writes Christian Nielsen

  

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  • Christian Nielsen

• Skating for good: an artistic venture in the heart of Brussels 

  Posted in category:

  • Social enterprise,
  • Social impact

  

  Skating for good: an artistic venture in the heart of Brussels 

  Posted in category:

  • Social enterprise,
  • Social impact

  01 Dec 2022

  Impact Investor’s Christian Nielsen visits The Skateroom, a Belgium-based social enterprise “uniting art and skateboarding for a better world”. It is a riot of good vibes, he writes

  

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  • Christian Nielsen

• Guiding SMEs on their energy transition journey

  Posted in category:

  • Energy transition

  

  Guiding SMEs on their energy transition journey

  Posted in category:

  • Energy transition

  14 Feb 2022

  A new breed of consultants are helping small businesses navigate their journey to net zero. Steve Fawkes, managing partner at ep group, talks to Impact Investor about helping smaller players make better decisions about their energy transition

  

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  • Christian Nielsen

• Profile: Lisa Hehenberger on ‘gratefulness’ in the impact journey

  Posted in category:

  • Social impact

  

  Profile: Lisa Hehenberger on ‘gratefulness’ in the impact journey

  Posted in category:

  • Social impact

  04 Jan 2022

  Lisa Hehenberger, Associate Professor at ESADE Law and Business School in Barcelona and a member of Impact Investor’s Advisory Board, thinks the essence of the ‘social’ contract in entrepreneurship and impact could come down to one big thing: being grateful.

  

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  • Christian Nielsen

• Profile: Uli Grabenwarter: ‘Response to societal needs has to become a major value driver’

  Posted in category:

  • Social impact

  

  Profile: Uli Grabenwarter: ‘Response to societal needs has to become a major value driver’

  Posted in category:

  • Social impact

  21 Dec 2021

  The European Investment Fund has carved a distinct and tough line as a funder and driver of impact investment best practices. For EIF’s Deputy Director of Equity Investments Uli Grabenwarter that is just part of the challenge of backing social enterprises whose value is in creating true impact.

  

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  • Christian Nielsen

• EIF: A closer look at impact investing’s quiet achiever

  Posted in category:

  • Investment

  

  EIF: A closer look at impact investing’s quiet achiever

  Posted in category:

  • Investment

  21 Dec 2021

  Without much hype or ado, the European Investment Fund has been busy shaping the market for impact investment in Europe. Experts agree this is something to applaud, but the EIF says it prefers to keep a low profile and lead by example.

  

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  • Christian Nielsen

• Scaling up clean cooking for the ‘forgotten 2.6 billion’

  Posted in category:

  • Development finance,
  • Energy transition

  

  Scaling up clean cooking for the ‘forgotten 2.6 billion’

  Posted in category:

  • Development finance,
  • Energy transition

  06 Dec 2021

  The Swedish government together with the Nordic Green Bank has launched a new facility to scale up clean cooking technologies for up to 3 million Africans.

  

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  • Christian Nielsen