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BlackRock and Temasek's Decarbonization Partners closes debut fund at $1.4bn
25 April 2024Decarbonization 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.
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Nature data firm raises $12m in Series A funding round
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Wave of change: The state of play on blue bonds
25 April 2024They 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
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Investors 'can help turn the tide on England's sewage crisis'
25 April 2024England is facing is a "watershed" moment in tackling its water pollution crisis, Redwheel said, urging investors to look for investment opportunities.
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South Pole bags fresh funding from GenZero and Lightrock
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Stafford to assist private equity firms with portfolio decarbonisation strategies
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Allianz GI 'could develop products on biodiversity this year
25 April 2024Allianz Global Investors said biodiversity will take centre stage in 2024, and its growing focus on the theme could result in new product development.
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Enel SLB target miss 'unlikely' to trigger forced selling, says Barclays
25 April 2024Sustainable 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.
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UN kills off NZIA and launches multi-stakeholder forum for net zero
25 April 2024The 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.
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Nature risks bigger threat to the economy than Global Financial Crisis, warns GFI
25 April 2024Nature 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.