A $27m guarantee facility aims to boost renewable energy in Southern Africa and unlock up to $270m of private capital investment into independent power projects.
London CIV, Big Society Capital and Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust among investors behind the £123m first close of Savills’ Simply Affordable Homes fund which aims to help tackle the country’s rental crisis.
Dutch pension ABP is set to invest €30bn into impact investments within the next six years, of which €11bn will be spread across climate and biodiversity solutions.
Established by the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute, the Just Transition Finance Lab will focus on designing financial instruments and strategies to bring the just transition to life.
The fund will invest in companies across all sectors that target the UN SDGs, such as health and wellness, financial inclusion, sustainable infrastructure, and responsible consumption and production.
71% of investors said they plan to increase allocations to private markets, showing a growing interest in sustainable and climate-related investments and those with a local focus including social infrastructure and housing.
Investments in low-income or least-developed countries totalled €1.2bn, while Africa took in the largest share of total new commitments, according to the Association of European Development Finance Institutions.
The investment arms of Allianz and FMO recently launched one of the largest blended finance initiatives to date, aimed at propelling sustainable development in emerging markets. We look at the details of this landmark collaboration.
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