Climate & environment

Octopus Investments is expanding and diversifying its portfolio as it aims to nearly quadruple assets under management by 2050. Impact Investor talks to Benjamin Davis, the company’s CEO of Fund Management.

The equity raised will support the further deployment of wind-solar-hybrid and storage projects across India.

A World Bank reforestation bond aimed at protecting the Amazon is the largest outcome bond the bank has ever priced.

The Dutch impact investor has announced it is selling all of its shares in the clothing industry, as none of the clothing companies meet the investor’s requirements in terms of sustainability.

Impact Investor speaks to Javier Armentia about CREAS, the impact investment firm he co-founded in Spain, and the outlook for impact investing in the country.

As the summer holidays in Europe get into full swing, Impact Investor examines the challenges facing the tourism sector and the opportunities for investment in sustainable travel.

Impact market players say more work needs to be done in terms of education and provision of attractive investment opportunities if a wider group of investors is to be tempted to the impact sphere.

The fund is seeking to inject investment into businesses addressing the energy transition in Africa, as the continent continues to face a massive funding gap in the renewables sector. 

The funding aims to target carbon reduction across Asia, with a focus on Vietnam and India’s energy transition, looking at areas such as renewable energy, electric mobility and energy efficiency.

Ecop says its rotation heat pump device will enable industrial producers and municipalities to slash the use of fossil fuels for heating and save thousands of tonnes of CO2 per year.