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  • Temasek commits $500m to impact investor LeapFrog

    09 March 2021

    Temasek has committed $500 million to impact investment manager LeapFrog, in what the Singapore state-backed investor said is the largest ever single commitment to an impact investor.

  • 25% cut in emissions by corporates setting science-based climate targets

    26 January 2021

  • News Round Up: Osmosis, Aegon, Nature Conservancy, Paris Agreement, and more

    21 January 2021

  • Asia impact fund invests in 'agri-tech'

    07 January 2021

    Private equity impact fund ABC World Asia led a $20 million funding round by 'agri-tech' company CropIn, which provides software-as-a-service and data products to improve productivity and sustainability of crops.

  • People Moves, 31 December: Hiro Mizuno, PRI, Temasek, SASB

    31 December 2020

  • News Round Up: EU Just Transition, Sustaintech Xcelerator

    17 December 2020

  • Etihad Airways issues 'world's first transition sukuk'

    29 October 2020

    United Arab Emirates (UAE)-owned Etihad Airways has issued a five-year $600 million sustainability-linked 'transition' sukuk, believed to be the first of its kind in the world and the first sustainability-linked bond in the airline industry.

  • Evli launches corporate green bond fund

    19 August 2020

    Finnish bank and asset manager Evli has launched a fund focused on green corporate bonds.

  • KKR Global Impact fund snaps up stake in Spanish training firm

    31 July 2020

    Private equity firm KKR has acquired a majority stake in a Spanish vocational training company as part of its Global Impact fund.

  • Franklin Templeton offers two Paris-aligned ETFs

    27 July 2020

    California-based investment manager Franklin Templeton has launched two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that it says will be aligned with the de-carbonisation goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change.