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  • BlackRock and Temasek's Decarbonization Partners closes debut fund at $1.4bn

    25 April 2024

    Decarbonization Partners - a joint-venture between BlackRock and Temasek - has closed its first fund, a late-stage venture capital and growth private equity vehicle, at $1.4 billion.

  • Nature data firm raises $12m in Series A funding round

    25 April 2024
  • Wave of change: The state of play on blue bonds

    25 April 2024

    They are currently a niche within the sustainable bond market, but could blue bonds play a key role in turning the tide on water-themed investments, asks Genevieve Redgrave

  • Investors 'can help turn the tide on England's sewage crisis'

    25 April 2024

    England is facing is a "watershed" moment in tackling its water pollution crisis, Redwheel said, urging investors to look for investment opportunities.

  • South Pole bags fresh funding from GenZero and Lightrock

    25 April 2024
  • Stafford to assist private equity firms with portfolio decarbonisation strategies

    25 April 2024
  • Allianz GI 'could develop products on biodiversity this year

    25 April 2024

    Allianz Global Investors said biodiversity will take centre stage in 2024, and its growing focus on the theme could result in new product development.

  • Enel SLB target miss 'unlikely' to trigger forced selling, says Barclays

    25 April 2024

    Sustainable investors are unlikely to be forced to sell Enel sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) after the Italian energy infrastructure firm missed a coupon-impacting target - due to the positive context in which it occurred, according to Barclays.

  • UN kills off NZIA and launches multi-stakeholder forum for net zero

    25 April 2024

    The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has discontinued the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), which suffered an exodus of most of its members in spring 2023 due to antitrust risks.

  • Nature risks bigger threat to the economy than Global Financial Crisis, warns GFI

    25 April 2024

    Nature risks could cause more damage to the UK economy than the Global Financial Crisis, the Green Finance Institute has said, warning that large UK financial institutions are also not doing enough to mitigate the risks in their portfolio.