Investment

  • Brazilian development bank to fund next wave of renewable technology

    19 September 2024

    The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) wants to fund the next wave of renewable technology in the country, but there is a need for more blended finance, according to Luciana Costa, infrastructure, energy transition and climate change managing director at BNDES.

  • Emerging sustainable technologies face continued acceptability challenges

    19 September 2024

    Emerging technologies face a host of challenges in becoming more accepted in the sustainable finance market, according to panel members at the Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 conference held in New York this morning.

  • Neter launches to build VCM trust and unlock natural capital

    19 September 2024
  • Leonid loans $13m to climate-tech Aclima

    19 September 2024
  • Second Trump presidency and trade wars threaten to slow transition to a crawl, Generation says

    19 September 2024

    Twin threats of a second term for Donald Trump and global trade wars risk "slow[ing] the energy transition down to a crawl" as global trade verges on collapse, according to Generation Investment Management.

  • Sustainable passive overtakes active for first time, FTSE Russell asset owner survey finds

    18 September 2024

    Passive investments are becoming the most popular way for asset owners to implement sustainability strategies, a survey by FTSE Russell has found.

  • 'We're seeing more brown discounting than green premiums' in Asia, says Actis

    18 September 2024

    'Green premiums' that boost the valuations of energy transition-focused investments are not as visible in the emerging markets, one sustainable infrastructure investor has claimed.

  • Eiffel invests €20m to develop hydropower in Norway

    18 September 2024
  • Siparex's TiLT invests €15m in Spanish off-grid clean energy provider

    18 September 2024
  • INVL launches co-investment strategy for Baltic sea-focused fund

    18 September 2024
  • NextEnergy bags £30m pension fund money for UK renewables

    18 September 2024
  • Low-quality renewables infra projects pushing investors into PE-style investments

    17 September 2024

    A lack of high-quality renewables projects is pushing infrastructure investors into private equity-style investment strategies that back the developers for access, one clean energy investor has claimed.

  • Blume Equity secures €25m funding from British Patient Capital for first fund

    17 September 2024
  • Ara Partners bags $725m from Haslam family office for decarb strategy

    17 September 2024
  • Summa Equity acquires Dutch recycling business

    17 September 2024