Impact investment management firm Triodos Investment Management and market index provider STOXX announce the launch of the iSTOXX Triodos Developed Markets Impact Index, enabling institutional investors to construct impact-aligned portfolios.
Italian energy company Eni announced today that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with alternative asset management firm Ares’ alternative credit arm for the sale of a 20% stake in Eni’s renewables, retail and EV charging company Plenitude. Eni said that the stake would be acquired at an equity value of the company between €9.8 […]
Nuclear energy technology startup Realta Fusion announced that it has raised $36 million in a Series A financing round, with proceeds aimed at bringing its modular magnetic mirror fusion energy technology closer to commercialization. Founded in 2022, Wisconsin-based Realta provides technology aimed at enabling the development of the lowest capital and least complex path to […]
Octopus Energy Group announced the launch of a new fund aimed at allowing pension funds and private wealth investors to invest in the energy transition, with access to more than 50 renewable energy projects in 15 countries, including wind, solar and large-scale battery projects. Octopus said that the new CG Octopus Energy Sustainable Growth Fund […]
Vor 25 Jahren wurde der Pictet Water Fund aus der Taufe gehoben. Anfangs von vielen als viel zu spezielles Thema belächelt, wurde daraus eine Erfolgsstory par excellence. Heute zeigt sich an diesem Beispiel, welche überdurchschnittlichen Chancen Themenfonds langfristig bieten können.
Tokyo-based climate tech company Asuene announced the acquisition of carbon management and accounting platform nZero, marking an expansion for the company into the North American and U.S. greentech and corporate sustainability markets. Founded in 2019, Asuene, with some 10,000 clients worldwide, offers a variety of services supporting companies’ net zero targets, including CO2 emissions measurement, […]
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the state’s 2025-2026 budget on Friday, which included more than $1 billion in climate change-focused investments, including funding to lower emissions from buildings and accelerate the rollout of electrified transportation.
Der Gebäudesektor gehört in Sachen CO2-Emissionen zu den größten Baustellen der Politik: Vor allem bei der Wärmeversorgung muss hier schleunigst modernisiert werden. Für Berlins landeseigenen Wohnungsunternehmen wird das teuer.
This week in ESG news: State Street launches dedicated sustainability stewardship service for investors; Morgan Stanley survey finds growing interest in sustainable investing – especially by younger investors; Microsoft signs another record-breaking carbon removal deal; Google backs series of new advanced nuclear projects; India launches climate finance taxonomy; EU consults on changes to sustainable finance […]
Hy2gen has raised €47m from existing shareholders in a funding round led by Hy24, through its Clean Hydrogen Infrastructure Fund.
Impact-Strategien sollen mit nachhaltiger Wirkung investieren und einen messbaren zusätzlichen Beitrag zur Transformation liefern. Um aussagekräftig zu sein, müssten Daten im Kontext und in Bezug auf die Erwartungen oder gemeinsamen Ziele bewertet werden. Dies umfasse eine überzeugende Wirkungsdarstellung, klare Ziele und eine Begründung für die Zusätzlichkeit, statt nur die Zahlen der vergangenen “Wirkungsleistung” anhand von […]
To confront interconnected environmental and social crises, write Yale SOM’s Todd Cort, Juliane Reinecke of Oxford Said Business School, and impact investing expert Clint Bartlett ’17, we must invest in resiliency. That means that impact investors will need to factor resilience-building into their expected returns, especially in the most vulnerable parts of the world.
Microsoft announced a new multi-year offtake agreement with forest investment and management firm EFM, providing access to up to 3 million nature-based carbon removal credits from EFM’s investment platform. Launched in 2004, Portland, Oregon-based EFM is a real estate asset manager focused on investing in natural climate solutions across the Americas. EFM’s approach includes using […]
Financial technology and data services provider and exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced the launch of its new ICE Global Climate Risk Solution, aimed at providing investors with a view of physical climate risks of their portfolios, based on geospatial data. According to ICE, the new solution marks an expansion of its geospatial platform to […]
Google announced today the launch of a new collaboration with South Carolina-based nuclear project developer Elementl Power, including an agreement to invest in three advanced nuclear energy projects. The agreement comes as Google and its tech giant peers increasingly turn to nuclear energy to help address the growing emissions impact of their rapidly expanding data […]
