Climate & environment

In a report on progress in their talks with the banks, the collaborating investors say the just transition should be central to banks’ decarbonisation strategies. 

The latest report by the Dutch impact investment advisor highlights a lack of investment in the world’s oceans, despite a six-fold jump in ocean-focused funds.

Our latest special report, a collaboration between Impact Investor and sister publications IPE and IPE Real Assets, explores how pension funds and other institutional investors are channeling their investments to support a just transition.

Reactive Technologies has raised £25m in a funding round led by M&G Investments, BGF and Breakthrough Energy Ventures for the global expansion of its technological solutions in support of the renewable energy transition.

The natural carbon capture project has secured catalytic funding from French asset manager Mirova along with Rubicon Carbon and GenZero.

Danish impact investors Unconventional Ventures co-led a €4.9m funding round in Cellugy, a biotech startup replacing fossil fuel-based materials in personal care products with naturally-derived cellulose-based solutions.

The AIIB guarantee underpins a syndicated loan to support green projects in which Société Générale, ING and Standard Chartered Bank participated.

Family offices are increasingly alert to both the investment opportunities and risks to their businesses associated with climate change, according to a new survey.

The new fund will focus on investments in commercially proven technologies such as onshore wind, solar panels and small-scale hydropower.

The fund secured investment from institutions including British Patient Capital and plans to fund impact startups in areas such as energy, transportation, and agriculture.