Climate & environment

FINN, which operates a car subscription business in the US and Germany, will use the €100m funding round to more than double the share of low-emission vehicles to over 80% of its fleet.

The green and sustainability-linked loan from IFC will finance renewable energy projects in emerging markets, including those heavily reliant on coal, in support of a just transition to a low carbon economy.

The investment by a trio of European funds will enable FA Bio to expand its business, which develops microbial bioproducts to replace more harmful chemical agricultural inputs.

Impact Europe and GSG were among signatories to an open letter calling on the EU to put impact investing centre stage when reappraising its green investment regulatory framework.

The COP28 climate summit in Dubai ended on a more positive note than had looked likely at one stage, but can all the upbeat talk and ambitious pledges lead to the huge surge in investment needed if climate change targets are to be met?

Fixed income markets may be bigger than equity markets, but they don’t feature as prominently in sustainable investment discussions. Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute hopes to change all that.

The FCA’s new Sustainability Disclosure Requirements will boost transparency and accountability in the impact investing market, argues Kieron Boyle, chief executive officer of the Impact Investing Institute.

In the second of our series of stories covering Impact Investor’s Annual Conference last week, the experts tell us what is still needed to unlock real-world impact today.

Climate change is making disaster resilience a vital focus for investors and politicians. This collection of academic studies explores the impact in South Asia, and makes some useful recommendations. But the role of private capital is neglected.

The UK-based not-for-profit has called for faster action, after finding that three-quarters of financial institutions did not have a public policy on deforestation in place, despite pledging action on net zero.