Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) announced that it has raised €560 million in total commitments for its Impact Private Credit Strategy (IPC) at its first closing, more than half of the total sought for this effort.
Novameat, a Barcelona-based sustainable food technology company that develops alternative meat products, announced Thursday that it raised €17.4 million (USD$19.2 million) in an oversubscribed Round A funding round. The funding will be used to scale up production of its current plant-based alternative meat products, as well as launching its new Shredded Nova-b*ef product, set to […]
UK-based international banking group Standard Chartered announced today a new debt financing transaction for carbon removal project developer UNDO, completed in collaboration with British Airways, CUR8, CFC and WTW, and aimed at demonstrating a transaction structure enabling the scaling of finance for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) projects elsewhere.
WaterEquity, a US-based asset manager focused on social and environmental impact-based investments in the areas of water and sanitation, announced that it had raised over $100 million for its new Water & Climate Resilience Fund, which seeks to bring together investment partners to support efforts to enhance water stewardship, sustainable development, and climate resilience.
Technology giant Microsoft on Wednesday announced the purchase of 234,000 Rainforest Restoration Carbon Removal Credits from Mexico-based Toroto, a company that develops projects to enhance and restore ecosystems and reduce the impact of climate change. The nature-based carbon credits were generated by a project removing atmospheric carbon dioxide in the state of Campeche, in the […]
Die nachhaltige Transformation von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft erfordert innovative Finanzierungsansätze. Impact Investing hat sich als wesentliche Lösung etabliert, um positive soziale und ökologische Veränderungen zu bewirken.
Infrastruktur und Dekarbonisierung profitiert durch KI nachhaltig KI kann somit nicht nur den Versorgungssektor, sondern auch die Infrastruktur in Teilen optimieren. Denn künstliche Intelligenz kann bei den Mautstraßen den Verkehrsfluss optimieren und vorausschauend warten. Das erhöht die Effizienz und die Sicherheit, schafft neue Einnahmequellen und senkt die Betriebskosten. Der Güterschienenverkehr profitiert von einer optimierten Ladeplanung. […]
Brookfield Asset Management announced today the launch of a new strategic funding partnership with low carbon electrofuels (eFuels) provider Infinium, with Brookfield committing to invest up to $1.1 billion to accelerate the company’s eFuels platform and its production of synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF).
Low carbon biofuels producer Harvestone Low Carbon Partners (HLCP)announced that it has closed a $205 million tax equity financing with Bank of America to support its North Dakota-based biofuel carbon capture and storage project, marking the first financing of its kind since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Battery manufacturer Northvolt announced today plans to scale back its workforce and exit a battery materials production site, following challenges the company is facing in ramping up its ambitious gigafactory buildout plans, and citing a “challenging macroeconomic environment.” The announcements form the initial outcomes from Northvolt’s strategic review, launched by the company in July. Founded […]
JLL-Analyse untersucht Folgen des Klimawandels für Entwickler, Eigentümer und Nutzer. Die Klimarisiken in deutschen Städten nehmen spürbar zu: Starkregen, Hagel, Überschwemmungen, Hitze, Trockenheit und Waldbrände sind keine Ausnahmeerscheinung mehr, sondern treten bundesweit mittlerweile regelmäßig auf – bei steigender Intensität. Das bekommen nicht nur Menschen zu spüren, so hat es auch Auswirkungen auf Immobilien. In der […]
The Asian Development Bank announced the approval of a new roadmap aimed at helping the bank scale up support for key challenges facing Asia and the Pacific, including a new commitment to reach more than $100 billion in cumulative climate finance from 2019 to 2030, and for climate finance to reach 50% of its total […]
McKinsey says that Spain and Portugal can lead the transition to green energy through incentive schemes, stable regulation and substantial grid deployment. The shift to renewable energy is central to reducing emissions in line with Paris Agreement commitments. The International Energy Agency says that energy-related emissions rose by 1.1% in 2023 to reach a record […]
This week in ESG news: Microsoft launches new supplier decarbonization team for cloud and AI; competition for clean energy from data centers forces megaton carbon capture project out of state; EcoVadis acquires human rights analytics provider; ESMA report finds transition funds outpacing sustainability funds; Australia senate passes climate disclosure law; new sustainable investing products from […]
Beruflich hat Tobias Huzarski einen Fonds mit Fokus auf Erneuerbare Energien konzipiert, privat engagiert er sich in Change Clubs. Im Podcast berichtet der Head of Impact Investment der Commerz Real über Veränderungsmöglichkeiten im großen wie im kleinen Maßstab.
