Christopher Marchant

People Moves 22 November

Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Unilever 'have plastics-risk exposure'

Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Unilever are the developed market companies most exposed to plastics-related risk, according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) data specialists RepRisk.

Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund raises additional $50m

Sustainable investment specialist Mirova has reached a second close for its Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund, raising an additional $50 million and taking the fund's total commitments to $92 million.

Macquarie completes first biogas investment

Macquarie Capital Principal Finance has completed the majority acquisition of BioCow, a producer of biogas for the UK market.

People Moves: IIGCC, Riksbank, Bloomberg

Kairos Partners launches long-short fund based on ESG index

Kairos Partners SGR has launched an actively managed, long-short fund that will use an ESG index as its underlying benchmark.

BlackRock launches Europe's first ESG high-yield bond ETFs

Asset manager BlackRock has launched two high-yield environmental, social and governance (ESG) bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

HSBC: Enel SDG bonds could be a 'backward step'

HSBC has weighed into the debate on Enel's sustainability-linked bond, criticising the offering as a backwards step because its proceeds are not earmarked for green projects.

GRESB and Verisk Maplecroft launch climate risk scorecard

Real estate sustainability assessor GRESB and risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft have collaborated to create a Climate Risk & Resilience Scorecard.

UK-Indian renewables company receives $150m investment from Masdar

Renewables firm Hero Future Energies (HFE) has received a $150 million investment from Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) to fund its expansion.