Stalling progress for the sector reflects wider bond market jitters in 2022 and a reluctance to invest in long duration green bonds at a time of economic uncertainty, Morningstar research finds.
Three Dutch financial institutions are the latest investors in the impact investing cooperative’s Healthy Food Systems Impact Fund II, which is set to close later in 2023 with a target of €60m.
The partnership aims to mobilise institutional capital for private sector projects in Africa via the ILX Fund I, which is backed by Dutch pension funds. It will also support a new fund set to be launched in coming months.
The European Commission has sought to address widespread confusion in the investment industry over how to define and categorise sustainable investment.
The Green Earth Impact Fund is seeking to attract up to $250m of investment in fund aiming to close the public-private financing gap for sustainable investments.
The fund is the first to be launched on Lloyd’s new investment platform, created as a vehicle to pool the collective resources of the insurance market’s investors.
The European Investment Fund is helping to facilitate investments in Portuguese firms targeting the energy transition, climate resilience, sustainable use of the marine environment and the circular economy.
The new Belgian-based “impact boutique” aims to facilitate more effective knowledge sharing within the impact investing sector by bringing together experts from wide-ranging backgrounds.
New guidance from the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance asks for investment in oil and gas projects to be reduced to speed up the energy transition has received a mixed response.
An impact fund launched in early 2022 to target Dutch circular economy projects that require patient capital has attracted new participants, including two insurers.
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