Jennifer Forrest

UK's National Wealth Fund invests £50m in 'mini' battery projects

'Mobilisation of domestic capital is the panacea for infrastructure investing'

Mobilising domestic capital for investing in climate-resilient infrastructure is a crucial component to successful investing, Climate Fund Managers' chief executive has argued.

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MUFG's blended GAIA fund set to close by early Autumn

MUFG's GAIA fund, a climate and blended finance platform launched in 2023 with a fundraising target of almost $1.5 billion, is set to close by early Autumn, Environmental Finance has learned.

AXA adopts SDR 'Impact' label for short duration green bond fund

APG allocates $600m to Octopus Australia's transition infra fund

Smart Pension allocates £330m to Octopus Energy renewables fund

NextEnergy to launch another UK solar fund four months after closing debut

NextEnergy Capital has begun 'soft marketing' of its next UK-focused solar fund with a view to launch later this year, Environmental Finance has learned, following the recent closing of its debut fund for this strategy.

Stafford builds asset manager reporting framework amid PRI reporting overhaul

Stafford Capital Partners has begun to build a system to standardise the data collected by its fund managers after the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) made changes to its reporting framework, Environmental Finance has learned.

Global Plastics Treaty expected to 'lack ambition'

A Global Plastics Treaty expected to be thrashed out in time for COP30 in November is "unlikely" to be highly ambitious in its wording, a circular economy-specialist investor told Environmental Finance.