Downforce Technologies, a global digital measurement, reporting and verification startup in soil organic carbon measurement and prediction, has closed a $4.2m funding round led by Equator VC.
A PwC survey shows many companies are still struggling with a range of complexities as they prepare to comply with the EU’s upcoming CSRD requirements.
Staff at the Swedish flat-pack furniture giant will help the social entrepreneurs build a more inclusive, sustainable economy and create opportunities for local communities.
The funding by the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor will boost the national grid’s supply of sustainable and affordable electricity in low-income areas in rural Tanzania.
From strategies that prioritise local impact, to those focused on emerging markets, European pension funds are upscaling their commitments to investments where impact and returns can go hand-in-hand as ABP, Railpen and Post NL tell us.
Three leading European pension funds – PensionDanmark, Avon Pension Fund and KLP – shares their views on the just transition and their approach to impact investing in general.
The 2X Challenge initiative is aiming to push more investment towards empowering women in the workplace, while a key blended finance microfinance project has switched focus to gender-lens investing.
Emerging markets are a central piece of the just transition puzzle. How are pension funds and other institutional investors redefining their emerging market exposure to support a fairer transition to a greener economy? From our ‘Impact Investing and the Just Transition’ report.
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