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  • Carbon 'insetting' fund launched

    06 January 2025

    A fund to reward farmers for reducing emissions has raised £1 million ($1.25 million) in contributions from organisations looking to "reduce their Scope 3 emissions".

  • CEB raises £300m from rare debut sterling social bond

    03 January 2025

    The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) has raised £300 million ($373 million) from its inaugural Social Inclusion Bond (SIB) issued in British sterling, kick-starting its 2025 social bond issuance after a record-breaking 2024.

  • 'Disclosing more is the right way to go' with green bonds

    03 January 2025

    Sustainable bond issuers have been urged to not let 'greenwashing' concerns drive them to limit data disclosure as sustainable investors value data transparency more than they do the specific figures, according to Swiss asset manager GAM.

  • MSCI: Investors to intensify private markets focus in 2025

    02 January 2025

    A key trend for investors in 2025 could be a renewed focus on private markets, where energy transition opportunities can help hit net-zero portfolio targets, according to MSCI.

  • Falling interest rates could help impact allocations, says BlueOrchard

    24 December 2024

    Lower interest rates in Europe could help increase institutional investors' impact allocations to emerging markets, an investor has told Environmental Finance.

  • NTR to invest in long-term storage solutions in 2025

    20 December 2024

    Irish renewable energy investor NTR is looking to begin investing in long-duration energy storage technologies (LDES) from 2025, calling it the 'next big technology'.

  • UK Starmer's 'clean power superpower' ambition misplaced, says SDCL's Maxwell

    17 December 2024

    The UK will likely fail trying to live up to its 'clean power superpower' ambitions, an energy investor has told Environmental Finance.

  • Ecuador secures 'incredible' $1bn debt-for-nature swap deal

    17 December 2024

    Ecuador has signed a $1 billion debt-for-nature swap transaction which will secure more than $400 million in conservation funding for the Amazon, in a deal which The Nature Conservancy (TNC) said was full of "incredible firsts"...

  • Regen ag and biodiversity form 2025 investment focus for Schroders Capital

    16 December 2024

    Natural capital, biodiversity and newer themes such as regenerative agriculture will be a bigger area of focus for Schroders Capital in 2025, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Trump's pending market deregulation could help impact returns case, says Schroders

    16 December 2024

    More exits at attractive valuations across the across the impact investment market should prove that impact and financial returns can be delivered simultaneously, Schroders Capital has claimed, as the return of Donald Trump buoys markets.