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Just Climate smashes fundraising target, with $1.5bn, and eyes nature fund next

Generation Investment Management's Just Climate said its inaugural fund has raised $1.5 billion, exceeding its $1 billion target, and is mulling raising a separate fund focused on nature.

People Moves 29 October: HSBC, Apollo, Al Gore, WBCSD and more

Al Gore leads new investment business Just Climate

CPPIB's European renewables platform makes €245m first investment

Renewable Power Capital (RPC), a platform founded by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board last month, has made its first investment, acquiring a portfolio of Nordic onshore wind projects from developer OX2.

Former Green Investment Bank CEO Kingsbury joins impact firm

Shaun Kingsbury is to join impact investment specialist The Conduit Investment Advisors as its first CEO.

People moves: SIM, IIRC, Swiss Life, Brunel Pension, SUSI, Nordea

Responsible soy credit facility to issue $1bn in green bonds

A credit facility that aims to issue $1 billion in green bonds to fund sustainable soy production in Brazil has been launched at London Climate Action Week.

Tessa Tennant awarded OBE for sustainability work

Tessa Tennant, co-founder of the Jupiter Ecology fund, has been awarded an OBE for services to sustainable investment in the Queen's New Year Honours List.

Macquarie completes acquisition of Green Investment Bank

The UK government must develop a new strategy for private sector investment after a Macquarie-led consortium completed its £2.3 billion ($2.96 billion) acquisition of the Green Investment Bank (GIB), according to a group of business leaders.

Northam to head GIB as Kingsbury leaves role

Shaun Kingsbury will step down as CEO of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) following its acquisition by a consortium led by Australian bank Macquarie Group for £2.3 billion ($2.9 billion).