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Lightrock leads $50m funding round for AI and satellite climate-resilience SaaS

GRID targets £150m fundraise

News round-up: UNEP FI; National Grid; Santos

National Grid seeking shareholder approval for climate transition plan

National Grid signs $740m green loan from export agencies

National Grid has signed a green loan worth $743 million to help fund the construction of an electricity interconnector between Denmark and the UK, believed to be the first covered green loan to be signed with more than one export credit agency.

Business alliance calls for major changes to UK policy following pandemic

UK-based business alliance The Aldersgate Group has called for a wide range of green-based policy responses to guide the economic rebuild in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Powering up the energy storage market

Interest in the energy storage market is starting to take off, Ahren Lester explains, despite caution over changing business models continuing to hold back widespread investment.

Database of tailings dams launched as investors up pressure on mining firms

A database of tailings dams has been launched that it is hoped will inform investor engagement and push mining companies to actively manage the risks of dams failing and causing catastrophic damage to nearby communities and the surrounding environment.

Octopus Renewables secures £185m National Grid pension mandate

Octopus Renewables has secured a £185 million ($243 million) long-term mandate from the UK pension fund of National Grid to invest in solar and onshore wind assets.

Bonds round-up: TenneT, Philips, NWB, LBBW, Avangrid and more...

SFIL, a state-owned lender to French local authorities, has issued a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) social bond, following a similar transaction by its Caffil subsidiary in February 2019.