Investment

The money will be used to support the roll-out of electric two-wheeler vehicles and battery-swapping infrastructure in Kenya.

Geoffroy Marcassoli, sustainability assurance leader at PwC Luxembourg, reflects on the debate over impact carried interest and why assurance should never be an afterthought in private equity.

A new initiative is seeking to push child-lens investing up the agenda for investors. We talk to Hughie Stanley, programme manager at the Impact Investing Institute, about its goals.

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.

EIB-coordinated report shows climate finance reached record levels in 2024, with private co-finance rising 33% to $134bn. But officials warn of a funding gap as attention turns to COP30 targets.

Rock Flour Company has raised €6.1m in a seed round led by the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark and Novo Holdings for its carbon removal and regenerative agriculture solution using Greenlandic rock flour.

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. 

Real assets are becoming a safe haven for impact investors as population growth, urbanisation, energy demand and food insecurity put the planet under increasing pressure, a report by Phenix Capital said.