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Detailhandel, the pension fund for Dutch retailers, claims it has slashed close to 70% of the carbon footprint of its euro credit portfolio by transferring it to a custom-made SDG benchmark.

One year into the new role of Head of Social Impact Investment of the Church of England Vanessa Morphet discusses her strategy.

Much more than a textbook, ‘Principles of sustainable finance’ is more a ‘call to arms.’ This fascinating take on the world of sustainable finance pulls no punches for the financial sector.

Some $2.5trn of the UN development goals has yet to be invested and “75% of that gap is made up of critical infrastructure projects in the developing world,” says Philipp Mueller, chief executive officer of BlueOrchard Finance.

Climate Investor Two, the second blended finance climate financing fund launched by investment manager Climate Fund Managers, announced its first close at $675mn.

Sustainable aquaculture investment fund Aqua-Spark has bought a 3.38% stake in Norwegian biotech company Hofseth Biocare ASA for €10mn.

Katherine Garrett-Cox, one of the women to make it to the top of fund management in the City of London, talks about pioneering sustainability in the Middle East and keeping the oceans blue.

Although blended finance is on everyone’s lips, deal flow and transaction sizes dropped sharply in 2020, a new Convergence report finds. The industry tracker makes recommendations on how to achieve scale.

EU funding programs InvestEU Fund and European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) can help impact investors to scale up and boost their impact, says Peter Surek, CEO of Erste Social Finance Holding.

What does the global impact investment market look like? Amsterdam-based data startup Dealroom crunched the numbers to find out what industries, which companies, and which VCs you should keep an eye on.