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  • How investors can support a circular economy for plastics

    29 July 2021

    New engagement guidance will help investors ask the right questions of companies, argue Rebecca Chapman and Gerald Naber

  • BlackRock sees increased focus on circular economy in midst of Covid-19

    02 March 2021

    The shift towards a circular economy has actively increased in the past six months, in spite of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest findings from BlackRock's Circular Economy Fund.

  • EIB targets €250m circular bioeconomy fund after €82m first close

    02 October 2020

    The European Investment Bank's (EIB) private equity-focused circular bioeconomy fund has raised €82 million ($96 million) at first close, with the fund targeted to raise around €250 million.

  • Moody's: Plastics manufacturers face 'moderate' risk to credit ratings

    01 May 2020

    Increased regulation poses a risk to the credit quality of plastic packaging manufacturers in the next five years, according to a report from Moody's Investors Service.

  • BlackRock creates circular economy fund in partnership with Ellen MacArthur Foundation

    09 October 2019

    BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has partnered with sustainability focused charity the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to launch the BGF Circular Economy Fund.

  • Investors and corporates join forces in new plastics initiative

    31 October 2018

    More than 15 major institutional investors and organisations representing several hundred companies have joined forces in support of a new initiative "to eradicate plastic waste and pollution at source".