Foresight Group, a leading sustainable infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has appointed technology company Sennen to digitise its entire portfolio of sustainable infrastructure, worth around GBP6.1 billion. Foresight started the digitalisation process with Sennen 12 months ago, beginning with its sustainable energy assets which are located globally.
Polaris has intensified its sustainability work and today published its first annual sustainability report, outlining the efforts in 2020 across the investment process, its portfolio companies and Polaris Management. The work will continue in the coming years based on dialogue with investors, portfolio companies, employees and other stakeholders. Polaris and
The Decarbon8-US Fund, an impact investment vehicle established by the E8 cleantech angel investor community, announced a new Request for Proposal (RFP) for climatetech companies focused on decarbonising the transportation sector. Applications for investment to the Decarbon8-US process are due by June 21, 2021 for priority consideration and July 9,
Two major issues will drive change in LPs’ private equity portfolios in the next few years, according to Coller Capital’s latest Global Private Equity Barometer. hree quarters of all LPs will invest differently in response to issues connected with sustainability and climate change, and a similar proportion will focus on
Terraformation, a global forest restoration company, has held the first closing of USD30 million in funding to support its mission to help solve climate change by restoring thriving ecosystems to capture carbon across billions of acres of degraded land. The round was led by Sam & Max Altman at Apollo
Green Angel Syndicate, one of the largest active angel syndicates in the UK and the only one specialising in the fight against climate change, has promoted Christine Chisholm from Finance Manager to Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Chisholm will remain on the company’s executive committee responsible for the day to day
By Kyle Burrell, US FSO Assurance Partner, Ernst & Young LLP – Over the years, private equity fund managers have bolstered their firms’ reputations as the asset class of choice for investors, building strong value for their portfolio companies and fuelling job growth across a wide swath of industries.
A new report from LGT Capital Partners (LGT CP) shows that alternative investors are increasingly focusing on ESG outcomes in order to address key issues including climate change and diversity & inclusion (D&I). The ninth annual ESG Report from LGT Capital Partners analyses the activities of 344 managers globally (including
Arcano Asset Management has raised over EUR200 million to date for the Arcano Impact Private Equity Fund (AIPEF) and has already completed 10 transactions, including primary fund investments and direct co-investments in companies. AIPEF is looking to invest in private equity funds with a clear focus on social or environmental
Astorg has completed its EUR1 billion-plus financing to acquire a majority stake in Corialis. The acquisition has been financed through an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)-linked syndicated term loan B placed with institutional investors in the European leveraged loan markets, the first of its kind for an Astorg-backed company. Sustainability
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