Climate & environment

Snowball has invested in the recently closed Aristata Impact Litigation Fund which supports legal action by under-resourced groups, while achieving uncorrelated financial returns 

The European Investment Fund is backing Infinity Recycling’s Circular Plastics Fund which invests in companies developing advanced technologies for the recycling of plastics.

The acute need for innovative approaches to the water crises affecting large swathes of the world was debated at last week’s World Water Week in Stockholm.

Investments aim to facilitate the adoption of climate-positive technologies by smaller Indian companies, mitigating carbon emissions in one of the world’s largest and most rapidly developing economies. 

One-third of food is wasted across the value chain every year, enough to feed two billion people. Impact Investor caught up with three investment specialists to understand the challenge and the potential investment solutions.

Ocean 14 Capital and Norselab have invested in the Norwegian company which has developed an alternative, non-invasive harvesting technique for bottom-dwelling seafood.

Rupesh Madlani, co-founder and CEO of Bankers without Boundaries, explains how this non-profit applies financial concepts and structuring to high impact projects to align them with the investment needs of capital markets.  

Pension funds are placing too much reliance on a group of “self-referential” economic advisers rather than seeking out the lates scientific advice on climate change, putting investors’ money at risk, according to report.   

The investment will help Mombak to scale up its operational and technology systems, as it implements a $100m strategy to reforest parts of the Amazon basin, generating carbon removal credits by capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide. 

A recent report by Pensions for Purpose looks at how UK pension funds are incorporating biodiversity and natural capital into their investment decision-making. Different players from across the sector share views on the topic.