IMPACT

Palatine receives SBTi validation for emission reduction targets

Santander loans €300m to TPG Rise-backed renewables business

TPG Rise Climate backs US renewables storage business

BII backs Indian EV charging network with $19m

AXA IM engagements increasingly focus on climate change

More than one-third of AXA Investment Managers' engagements focused on climate change last year, according to its latest stewardship report, driven by a higher frequency of discussions by portfolio managers and credit research analysts.

South Pole bags fresh funding from GenZero and Lightrock

Impact taskforce drafts disclosure guidance for meeting SDGs

The Impact Disclosure Taskforce has published draft disclosure guidance to help corporate and sovereign issuers measure and disclose their efforts to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Sovereign green bonds should 'move on from railways' for impact

Sovereign issuers have been urged by an investor to look beyond clean transport - in particular, railways - for their green bond allocations in order to improve impact, an Environmental Finance event heard.

'Just transition' data a work in progress, development bank claims

A development bank is working on metrics to measure and report on 'just transition', an Environmental Finance Sustainable Debt EMEA conference in London has heard.

Alantra's Klima fund leads €52m energy grid platform investment

Astarte backs Paraguay forests with $325m fundraise

BlueOrchard bags BII and NDF for second emerging markets fund

Transition funds are no longer just about impact, says RGreen

Rgreen Invest has launched its fourth energy transition fund, as its founder told Environmental Finance the theme has evolved beyond being "a nice-to-have", towards being an economic safe haven and hedge against inflation.

Inconsistent data stops impact investors pursuing biodiversity, Wellington says

A lack of consistency in data for measuring biodiversity is hindering impact investors and preventing capital flowing to solutions providers, Wellington Management has argued.