Archive

  • Rockefeller Foundation sets $1bn low-wage investment goal

    26 February 2020

    The Rockefeller Foundation is set to invest $65 million in a financing programme it says will mobilise $1 billion in private finance and help support about 10 million low-income workers in the US.

  • US Global Compact Network seeks 'SDG pioneers'

    25 February 2020

    The US arm of the UN Global Compact has launched a call for applications to its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Pioneers award.

  • Nordic green bond issuers include EU standard in new reporting guidance

    19 February 2020

    A group of Nordic issuers has set out recommendations on how to report green bond impact in line with the proposed EU Green Bond Standard (GBS).

  • Large asset owners deterred by lack of quality impact strategies - NNIP survey

    17 February 2020

    Asset managers have been urged to develop more sophisticated impact investment strategies, after a survey by NN Investment Partners revealed that many large Nordic asset owners are interested in the market but are unconvinced by a lack of quality and scale of existing impact strategies.

  • Newton eyes up social impact opportunities

    14 February 2020

    Newton Investment Management is preparing to launch environmentally-themed funds this year, and is considering how it can muscle in on the impact investing space, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • New York State Common makes $800m climate-themed investments

    14 February 2020

    The New York State Common Retirement Fund has made $800 million in climate-themed investments so far in 2020.

  • KKR closes $1.3bn impact fund

    12 February 2020

    New York-based KKR has reached a final close on its $1.3 billion impact fund.

  • Ecosystem Investment Partners closes $455m wetlands fund

    11 February 2020

    Ecosystem Investment Partners (EIP) has hit its hard cap of $454.5 million at final close of its fourth fund.

  • NNIP launches €405m impact equity funds

    11 February 2020

    NN Investment Partners has launched three thematic impact equity funds designed to contribute to 14 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Harvard publishes framework to measure impact of company products

    10 February 2020

    A framework for "systematic measurement of product impact in monetary terms" has been published by Harvard Business School.