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The investment in the platform CrowdBuilding aims to support the development of 100,000 sustainably built homes in the Netherlands by 2035.

The company is developing commercial-scale regenerative cell therapy for a range of illnesses, with Parkinson’s disease a priority area of research.

The heads of the social impact investment arm of Ferd, the family-owned Norwegian investment company, discuss its diverse range of social impact investments and its desire to drive social innovation across Norway and the Nordics.

Two separate initiatives, which have been backed by the European Innovation Council and the Good Fashion Fund respectively, aim to reduce the negative impacts of garment and textile manufacturing.

Impact investing consultancy Phenix Capital said uncertainties surrounding national net-zero targets and requirements around the world were among factors giving impact investors food for thought.

After laying the foundations, the MENA region is building an investable impact economy from the ground up, with resilient businesses that are ready to scale, says Safia Tmiri, executive director at Alfanar.

The cryptocurrency developer and its partners believe the product structure could also be used to fund other impact-linked areas.

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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.