The Netherlands must scale up its climate investments before it is too late, the Dutch central bank (DNB) warned in a recent report. Impact Investor asked a large public investor in Europe’s biggest seaport for a reaction.
No need to reinvent the wheel – in *The Expert View* impact investing pros share their lessons learned. This week Mezuo Nwuneli on how to deal with risk when investing in West African agrifood businesses.
Nick O’Donohoe, chief executive officer of CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, talks to Impact Investor about why he’s still committed to Africa.
Jamie Butterworth, co-founding partner of Circularity Capital talks about ‘theory of change’ principles and how his company applies them to circular economy investments as a springboard for reinventing how the planet sustains itself.
The circular economy to keep the planet’s precious resources in productive use for longer is entering popular consciousness. EU policies are driving investment opportunities in getting rid of waste.
For decades, he devoted his life to reinforcing the capitalist order as we know it. Now Ronald Beuk tries to replace the old system with a new model for sustainable companies and investments.
Which conventional banks are willing to provide a loan to a cash-poor company hiring immigrants to make clothes? Not a single one, was Thami Schweichler’s bitter experience. But Generous Minds offered an alternative path to investors.
It’s a question all impact investors are grappling with: how to quantify the impact of their investments. The Netherlands’ largest pension asset manager APG says it has the answer.
Future Food Fund, a €12mn Dutch specialist venture capital fund that provides early-stage capital for agriculture technology (agtech) startups, is considering launching a second fund next year.
A GPS cattle tracker, a harvester robot for white asparagus and a packaging-free online supermarket. These are some of the investments of the €12mn Future Food Fund (FFF), a Dutch seed capitalist that invests in innovative agricultural and food technologies.
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