Madeleine Jenkins

Schroders backs Brunel UK impact fund

Partners Capital raises $143m for energy megatrends fund

Biodiversity standard for carbon credits under review

Impact 'should focus on under-represented entrepreneurs'

Social investors do not widely provide flexible capital for under-represented entrepreneurs, James Broderick, a board member at the UK's Impact Investing Institute (III), said.

UBP eyes 'smart agtech' amid escalating fertiliser costs

Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) said it is targeting investments in agricultural technology (agtech) solutions that reduce famers' reliance on fertiliser, pesticides, and water waste, amid rising fertiliser prices globally.

WHEB snaps up transitional companies amid market sell-off

WHEB Asset Management (AM) has swooped on "high-value" sell-offs for companies involved in transitional technologies, such as electric vehicle (EV) components and semi-conductor chips.

Impact monitoring may be a 'performative exercise', finds BlueMark

BlueMark has found that only 22% of investors have a protocol for engaging on impact underperformance - suggesting that impact monitoring "may be a performative exercise", in an analysis on 60 impact investors managing $160 billion in assets.

Seafood profits take hit from unsustainable supply chains, investors warned

Investors have been urged to ramp up their engagement with food companies to improve sustainability in supply chains, as analysis revealed that French supermarket giant Carrefour's seafood sales were least profitable in overfished species.

Planet Tracker explores 'blue recovery bond' to protect fish

Think-tank PlanetTracker is researching a new type of blue bond that would fund fisheries not to fish certain marine populations.

BlackRock: divestment could cause vulnerability to supply shocks

BlackRock has warned investors that withdrawing from carbon-intensive sectors, before low-carbon alternatives are phased in, could leave their portfolios vulnerable to supply shocks.