The Swiss impact asset manager made its first climate infrastructure investment in Latin America and also provided funding to one of Southeast Asia’s leading fruit processing and export companies.
Nature finance is gaining momentum, but the complexity of the sector often leaves nature underpriced, undervalued and underfinanced, a new report has said.
VoLo Earth’s latest fund attracted investments from a range of global financial institutions, funds and family offices, bucking a downward trend in venture capital fundraising.
PGGM made the investment on behalf of client PFWZ, the pension fund for the Dutch health and welfare sector, which has allocated €1bn to the energy transition over the next five years.
The fund aims to help close the SDG 14 funding gap in Asia by investing into early-stage and growth companies in sectors such as maritime decarbonisation and sustainable aquaculture.
The new fund is focused on early-stage startups that aim to improve the lives of workers in sectors with low pay and insecure employment, using data and technology.
Wealthy investors who want to create social and environmental impact often rely on far more than just money, according to a new report by the University of St. Gallen and the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative.
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