Climate & environment

Impact Investor spoke to impact fund managers investing in the blue economy to understand the impact of the UN’s high seas treaty on the most underfunded of the SDGs – SDG 14, life below water.  

The fund invests in startups supporting ocean regeneration , at a time when the ‘blue economy’ is becoming a magnet for impact investment.

The fund focuses on businesses committed to accelerating the transition to a sustainable, inclusive society. It requires portfolio companies to report on their impact, with the assistance of Amsterdam-based Impact Institute.

The ‘High Seas Treaty’ agreed at the UN headquarters at the weekend opens the path to finally provide protection to marine life across the oceans.

Green guarantees are a key component of the EU’s drive to support energy transition and climate adaption in developing countries. A large share of the investment programmes will be implemented by DFIs, as FMO’s David Kuijper explains.

Backed by the InvestEU programme, the European Climate Debt Solutions Fund has also secured €36m from other investors including Rivage Investments which is managing the fund.

GeoPura intends to build a fleet of over 3,600 clean generators by 2033. Backers include Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital, GM Ventures, SWEN Capital Partners and Siemens Energy Ventures.

Niki Mardas, executive director at Global Canopy, discusses his mission to wake up investors to the damage being done to the world’s forests and natural capital risk

The organisations have obtained £108m forward funding for UK build-to-rent development in Leeds and are planning to develop a low-carbon aparthotel in London.

The Berlin-based fund has its own in-house science team and invests in startups providing solutions for climate mitigation, resource savings, biodiversity protection and waste reduction.