Archive

  • Innovative $1bn 'blended finance' SDG loan fund launched

    29 November 2023

    Allianz Global Investors (Allianz GI) and FMO Investment Management (FMO IM) have launched a UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-aligned loan fund after successfully mobilising $1.1 billion for the innovative public-private investment fund.

  • 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

  • Impact investing for a just transition

    24 June 2021

    The 'absence of people' is a rare weakness of the TCFD framework - but investor engagement to ensure a socially just low-carbon transition could be set for a major boost, an Environmental Finance webinar heard. Michael Hurley reports

  • ESG in Fixed Income Global Series - Americas focus day roundup

    12 April 2021

    Environmental Finance's Americas focus day - the first of six events in the ESG in Fixed Income Global Series of conferences - ended after a day of panels, presentations and speed networking sessions.

  • MacArthur Foundation: Social bond unlocked immediate Covid-19 action

    09 April 2021

    "The urgent crisis [of the Covid-19 pandemic] coupled with extraordinarily low-interest rates in the bond market made social bonds a good tool for us," according to Debra Schwartz

  • 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.

  • Adjuvant raises $300m for healthcare venture fund

    18 February 2021

    Adjuvant Capital has raised $300 million for a venture capital fund that aims to accelerate the development of medicine for 'historically overlooked public health challenges'.

  • 'World-first' gender-lens property fund launches

    14 December 2020

    A 'world-first' fund aiming to invest in affordable, safe and secure homes for vulnerable women has been launched, with an initial £15.5 million ($21 million) in investments.

  • 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.

  • GIIN publishes Covid-19 guidance for impact investors

    10 August 2020

    The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has published guidance to help impact investors understand how they can best support their investees and enterprises through the coronavirus crisis.