The German investor believes offering financial incentives to companies if they hit social impact targets should play a greater role in investment strategies.
In a new report, the consultancy highlights how private debt funds continue to support growing companies in emerging markets, with the total target size of funds currently open for investment standing at €44bn.
The private equity fund will invest in fast-growing SMEs, mainly in North Africa. At least a quarter of the fund’s invested capital is earmarked for women-owned or led businesses.
The World Economic Forum’s annual report on the energy transition finds many countries are still heading in the right direction, but that progress is slowing.
A PwC survey shows many companies are still struggling with a range of complexities as they prepare to comply with the EU’s upcoming CSRD requirements.
The 2X Challenge initiative is aiming to push more investment towards empowering women in the workplace, while a key blended finance microfinance project has switched focus to gender-lens investing.
A report from UBS Asset Management and Planet Tracker aims to provide investors in solar, wind and bioenergy with a roadmap on holistic approaches to nature-related risks.
A report from Better Society Capital shows how the use of outcomes contracts is spreading in the UK, and quantifies their benefits in tackling social and health problems.
The agency’s chairman Fatih Birol is pushing for increased institutional support for lagging investment in developing countries. He wants the issue to be the focus of this year’s COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan.
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