A range of UK pension funds and other institutional investors have backed the Forest Fund VI, which aims to support biodiversity preservation and flood mitigation.
The investment was made by Norwegian, Swedish and British development finance institutions to support the development of clean and climate-positive technologies in Africa.
The initiative aims to improve access to funding for companies in sectors such as agriculture, healthcare and infrastructure, while supporting gender economic equality.
The non-profit says in its latest report that impact investing techniques and strategies are entering the mainstream, with more outcomes contracts and the development of national-level impact wholesalers being key trends.
The French real estate investment management company has raised €325m for the first close of its third intermediate housing fund, the Fonds de Logement Intermédiaire III.
Miki Yokoyama, managing director of Aurum Impact, talks about the unique opportunity to drive family offices to invest into impact and what is holding them back.
The Water Access Acceleration Fund attracted commitments from international development finance institutions, foundations, family offices, and private investors.
Commitments from a range of financial services organisations and from development finance capital will allow the fund to invest as much $1bn in next-generation infrastructure across Africa and Asia by 2028.
Pensions for Purpose and its partners hope the updated principles will show UK pension scheme trustees new routes to intentionally delivering on responsible investment, as well as returns.
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