Investment

Survey shows investors in Europe, US and Australia are increasingly attracted to the idea of investing for impact. Plus, Future of Plastics Fund makes first investment, and new initiative to back ‘aquapreneurs’ launched at WEF

A consortium of development finance institutions including Norfund, Finnfund and British International Investment have joined forces with private equity firm Phatisa to back Lona Group, a South African citrus and fresh-produce business

Commonland transforms degraded landscapes into thriving ecosystems and communities. Its holistic approach focuses on large-scale, long-term restoration initiatives that integrate ecology, land use and business

Christin ter Braak-Forstinger, founder and CEO of Chi Impact Capital talks about combining social impact and financial returns and the need for a more holistic approach to impact investing to achieve the SDGs

Seb Elsworth, CEO of Access – The Foundation for Social Investment, is on a mission to help charities and social enterprises increase and sustain their impact by becoming more financially resilient and self-reliant

Camco Clean Energy and Energy Peace Partners have partnered to expand renewable energy investment in fragile states. Plus, Generation’s new sustainable growth equity fund, and Ananda’s latest fundraising

The authors of ‘The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources’ reflect on the power concentrated in the hands of a small number of commodity trading houses, with some warnings for investors

As the first asset manager worldwide to measure the biodiversity footprint of its funds, ASN Impact Investors’ main focus is on restoring nature. CEO San Lie challenges other asset managers to do the same

Investor group backs oncology support app developed by German health company Fosanis. The capital raised is intended to drive Mika’s international expansion beyond its core German market

UK social investor Big Society Capital has announced it is cutting down its target return from 4-6% to just 1%, as the original target was “out of step” with both their mission and the market