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Eurazeo Smart City II fund raises €150m at second close

Venture capital firm Eurazeo has confirmed the second close of its Smart City II Venture fund raised €70 million ($79 million).

Summa raises largest European impact fund

Summa Equity closed its third fund today with over €2.3 billion ($2.6 billion) committed investment, which the fund manager claimed makes it the largest European impact fund to date.

Vanguard pledges to bring cost savings to impact market

US asset management giant Vanguard is to enter the impact fund market by rebranding an existing fund, in a move it said would bring cost benefits to investors.

Investors 'increasingly' at risk from methane regulation

Companies and their investors are increasingly likely to be exposed to regulation changes as high emitters of methane become easier to identify because of improved data collection, UK think tank Carbon Tracker Initiative has said.

Anne Simpson joins Franklin Templeton as sustainability head - Update

US investment manager Franklin Templeton has appointed Anne Simpson as its first global head of sustainability.

Citi lays out initial net zero plan

US banking giant Citigroup has laid out its initial net zero plan, including 2030 emissions targets for its energy and power loan portfolios.

Investors significantly impact global environmental reporting

Companies are more than twice as likely to disclose their environmental impact if investors directly call on them to do so, says new research from CDP.

Loan round-up: Turkey, Lightsource BP, Burberry, EDP Renewables ... and more

Dow Jones launches news-driven ESG data tool

US media giant Dow Jones has launched a sustainability data tool that incorporates news as well as corporate disclosures to score more than 6,000 public companies...

Biomass data from satellites 'can benefit voluntary carbon market'

Satellite imagery has been used to build a global map the amount of carbon sequestered by trees and plants, in a development that could help add transparency to forestry carbon...