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  • EQT launches impact-driven fund involving Paul Polman

    20 October 2021

    EQT has launched its first impact-driven fund, the EQT Future Fund, a "longer-hold" fund with a target size of €4 billion

  • BlackRock, Temasek and Amundi among G7 Impact Taskforce members

    17 August 2021

    Investment managers including BlackRock, Temasek and Amundi are among dozens of members of a global Impact Taskforce to promote financing that creates positive social and environmental impact.

  • EQT says case for positive impact focus boosted by pandemic

    01 April 2021

    Swedish private equity group EQT says its aim to 'future-proof' its investment portfolio, including through making positive impact investments, was "sorely tested" last year - but that the pandemic boosted the case for its focus on thematic investments in digital infrastructure and healthcare.

  • PE interest in ESG-linked financing has 'risen significantly'

    18 June 2020

    The interest from private equity firms towards environmental, social and governance (ESG)-linked financing has been "completely reset" in recent months, BNP Paribas told Environmental Finance.

  • Private equity firm EQT enters €5bn ESG-linked loan facility

    11 June 2020

    Private equity firm EQT has entered into an environmental, social and governance (ESG)-linked, fund-level bridge facility of up to €5 billion ($5.7 billion) with a syndicate of more than 15 lenders, including BNP Paribas and SEB.

  • Heathrow Airport, Pension Protection Fund, DEFRA, Danone, Swedfund, UN PRI confirmed to speak at Green Equities + Natural Capital Investment conferences

    05 November 2019

    Key investment industry participants will gather in London on 25 November for Environmental Finance's Green Equities and Natural Capital conferences.