Climate & environment

The Candriam Sustainable Equity Water Fund will invest in listed companies providing solutions to treat, transport, distribute and capture the value of water, as well as those reducing water intensity in high water use sectors.

Plus, GRI disclosures | BlueMark annual report of best practices and trends in impact management | Fifty-Five to Stay Alive: new climate solutions lexicon is published

A report from UBS Asset Management and Planet Tracker aims to provide investors in solar, wind and bioenergy with a roadmap on holistic approaches to nature-related risks.

Ahead of World Oceans Day, RBC BlueBay Asset Management’s Harrison Hill looks at some of the drivers of plastic pollution, and the potential role of the fixed income market for investors who want to make an impact.

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.