Investment

More than 150 brands and suppliers in the apparel and footwear industry use Carbonfact software to help them to better understand where their carbon emissions come from and how they can reduce them.

The investment from Zurich-based responsAbility, following on from one from the Development Bank of Austria, reflects growing interest in supporting India’s energy transition among international investors.

The DEG loan to Co-operative Bank of Kenya is the first to use a guarantee from the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus

Team managing the impact VC fund for Paris-based MAIF Avenir have joined Capital Croissance, a French private equity investment platform and entrepreneurs club, and renamed to Ternel.

Following a 10-year low in blended finance investment in 2022, multilateral development banks and development finance institutions are investing in greater sums to tackle climate change. 

Phenix Capital’s latest report highlights the dramatic shortfall in investment needed to sustainably manage biodiversity and maintain the integrity of the Earth’s ecosystems.

Pensions for Purpose calls for DEI to become a ‘red flag’ topic, urging asset owners to divest from companies that don’t take the issue seriously.

Pension funds can play a vital role in developing affordable housing for local communities, but there are several key considerations they should focus on, says Better Society Capital’s Linda Carmody.

Global investment firm Cambridge Associates is one of the investors in the new fund, which is focused on making the seafood value chain less wasteful.

Plastic waste is a big problem, but less so if it can be turned into second-hand plastic or even oil. That’s the market investment fund Infinity Recycling operates in.