IMPACT

Analysis

20 March 2025

The impact of SDR goes deeper than its four sustainability labels

The FCA's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements regime is helping purge the fund market, writes Jennifer Forrest
10 March 2025

'Article 9' becomes headwind for sustainable bond funds

Declining investor demand for 'Article 9' funds helped slow the growth of European sustainable bond fund market, reports Ahren Lester
07 March 2025

Which of the UK's SDR labels is proving most popular?

There are four labels under the UK's Sustainability Disclosures Requirements - but which are investors flocking to and which are they shunning? Jennifer Forrest investigates
06 March 2025

Camco looking for portfolio guarantees to help crowd-in private sector

Following its successful first close of its blended finance vehicle, Camco's Benjamin Hugues tells Jennifer Forrest how it has kickstarted the process of finding extra risk mitigation instruments to help attract private sector investors
18 February 2025

ESG is here to stay!

Now is the time to stay the course on ESG, through a strategic and targeted approach, routed in reliable data for clear, meaningful and factual decision-making, writes Martina Macpherson

News

  • Thriving Investments secures £30m towards place-based impact strategy

    25 March 2025

  • Clime Capital leads Series A for Vietnamese solar business

    24 March 2025

  • Sienna IM provides €2m SLL from first debt impact biodiversity fund

    24 March 2025

    Sienna Investment Managers has provided a €2 million sustainability-linked loan to Greenpods, a regenerative agricultural projects developer.

  • Fidelity bags €620m for real estate climate impact fund

    24 March 2025

    Fidelity International has raised €620 million in capital commitments for its real estate impact fund, following a top-up of €110 million from European and Asian investors.

  • Elbow Beach launches £80m second climate impact fund

    21 March 2025

  • PGIM launches thematic equities fund

    20 March 2025

    PGIM Investments has launched a thematic equity portfolio aligned with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be managed by Jennison Associates.

  • Double the insurers have impact focus compared to 2023, Nuveen finds

    19 March 2025

    The number of insurers with a dedicated impact focus has doubled in the past two years, according to a Nuveen survey of institutional investors.

  • Nordea awarded €800m French pension fund decarb mandate

    19 March 2025

  • French asset owners launch search for private markets biodiversity fund manager

    19 March 2025

    A group of French asset owners has launched a process to select the manager of a €150 million ($160 million) private markets biodiversity fund.

  • Argos Wityu acquires moving services for decarb fund

    18 March 2025

  • Arcmont secures €475m in mandates from APG and TIAA

    17 March 2025

  • Aligned Climate Capital raises $85m for second VC fund

    17 March 2025

  • Mirova becomes largest shareholder in Greenway's EV business

    17 March 2025

  • SoftBank backs Terabase Energy in $130m Series C round

    14 March 2025
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Impact Awards 2024

IMPACT Awards 2024

The 2024 Environmental Finance's IMPACT Awards aim to recognise and reward the work of impact investors, and highlight best practice and thought leadership across all asset classes and geographies. The winners have been announced

Leading sustainable investment for a transitioning world

Philippe Zaouati, CEO of Mirova, discusses the firm's recognition as "Asset Manager of the Year" award and its leadership in sustainable investing.

The ideal asset class for impact

Stephen M. Liberatore, CFA, portfolio manager and head of ESG/Impact - global fixed income at Nuveen, explains how it approaches impact investing and why the opportunity set in public fixed income will continue to grow.

Fund of the year - fixed income; Impact initiative of the year: North America - Community Capital Management

Community Capital Management (CCM) has secured the fixed income fund and North American impact initiative of the year awards for its flagship Community Impact Bond (CIB) fund, including an innovative initiative targeting first-time homebuyers.

Impact webinar series

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Achieving impact in private equity

This webinar will assess how a shift towards impact compares with other forms of private equity investment strategies.
On-demand

The shifting focus of pension funds

This webinar will consider how impact investment is changing the investment decisions that pension funds are making.
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The Just Transition and impact: lessons learned from Covid-19

This free webinar will consider how the transition to a low carbon economy can minimise negative impacts to people and jobs, as well as considering the effect the Covid-19 has had on just transition impact themes.
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Family offices and their approach to impact investment

This webinar will assess whether a rush of family office-managed private wealth into impact investments inevitable and how approaches to impact may differ.

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