The London Pensions Fund Authority will commit approximately £400m to sectors including energy efficiency and renewables, sustainable industry, transport, reforestation and wetland restoration projects.
Despite the speculation, impact investing venture capital has matured beyond idealism into a commercially-driven approach that delivers strong returns while scaling urgent solutions, argue Alina Klarner and Christin ter Braak-Forstinger.
The Scatec-owned project in central Egypt, to be operational in 2026, is being fast-tracked as part of efforts to alleviate the country’s energy crisis.
The collaboration will offer flexible lending to small and medium-sized enterprises. Access to financing remains one of the most significant obstacles to growth for small businesses in the UK.
Small-scale social impact funds established in Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine have built up diverse investment portfolios, offering hope they can scale up further to tackle major local challenges.
The new facility will support clean energy integration across South Africa, create 20,000 jobs and boost the local economy in the country’s Eastern Cape province.
The fund will provide non-dilutive and subordinated risk capital to SMEs operating in the textile and fashion supply chains in India, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Turkey.
The senior partner at Global Ventures and founder of C3 talks to Impact Investor about entrepreneurship in emerging markets and why it has the potential to catalyse systemic change.
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