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  • 'US IRA has worked where taxonomies have not'

    27 March 2024

    A senior banker has argued that the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) economic incentive package has delivered real climate-focused financial flows in a way that 'green' taxonomy-focused approaches have not.

  • BlackRock backs German low-carbon transition with $200m investment

    29 February 2024

    BlackRock has made a $200 million investment in a German solar business through its recently launched Global Renewable Power IV fund.

  • Environmental Finance reveals annual Environmental Market Rankings winners

    29 February 2024

    Environmental Finance is delighted to announce the winners of its 2023-2024 Environmental Market Rankings.

  • BlackRock and Temasek's JV leads $150m funding round for thermal battery business

    22 February 2024

    BlackRock and Temasek joint-venture, Decarbonization Partners, has led a $150 million Series B funding round for Antora Energy.

  • Partially liquid structures win over pension funds on renewables

    20 February 2024

    'Semi-liquid' fund structures could help UK-based pension funds allocate more capital to renewables developments, Schroders Greencoat has claimed.

  • BlackRock acquires shares in largest wind farm in Africa

    19 February 2024

    The Danish Climate Investment Fund has sold its stake in Lake Turkana Wind Power to a BlackRock-managed vehicle.

  • PFZW divests from Shell, BP and Total, blaming slow transition

    09 February 2024

    Dutch pension fund PFZW has divested from 310 oil and gas companies - leaving just seven in its portfolio, as it refocuses on companies "improving the climate and the energy transition".

  • HanETF to close two clean energy ETFs

    08 February 2024

    HanETF plans to shut down a solar-focused and a clean energy exchange-traded fund (ETF), citing a "failure to gather assets".

  • Brookfield raises $10bn for second energy transition fund

    05 February 2024

    Brookfield Asset Management has held a first close for its second energy transition fund, raising $10 billion.

  • Consultants chosen to develop avoided emissions standard

    25 January 2024

    A group of asset managers has selected two consultants to develop a database that will 'standardise and give transparency' to the calculation of avoided greenhouse gas emissions.