Inflexion has become the first corporate in the UK to reduce its carbon impact through the purchase of Sustainable Aviation Fuel, an initiative fostered between Neste, a renewable fuel producer, and Reed & Mackay, a corporate travel company. The partnership enables Inflexion to significantly reduce the environmental impact of its
Ensuring Private Equity firms set Science Based Targets as part of their commitment to decarbonise their portfolios is crucial to achieving net zero, as private equity-backed companies represent an ever-larger part of the world’s economy.
Greentech start-up Plan A, a leadng platform of science-based tools for carbon accounting, decarbonisation, and ESG management, has successfully closed a USD10 million Series A funding round led by European venture capital firm HV Capital and Netherlands-based Keen Venture Partners. Existing investors Demeter IM and coparion are also doubling down
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) and Helios Investment Partners (Helios) are working together to establish a pan-African investment vehicle: Climate, Energy Access and Resilience (CLEAR).
BlackRock has achieved a USD673 million final fundraise for the Climate Finance Partnership (CFP), a flagship public-private finance vehicle focused on investing in climate infrastructure across emerging markets to help accelerate the global transition to a net zero economy. A global consortium of 22 investors including governments, philanthropies, and institutional
By Ashmita Chhabra – With the United Nation’s COP26 summit approaching, the need to do more to address climate change is once again in focus. As a key financial services hub in Asia, Singapore has an important role in the development and integration of sustainable finance practices into the real economy.
By Armin P. Choksey – In the last few years, the world has witnessed significant progress in harmonising environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure frameworks. The launch of new initiatives globally shows that both investors and stakeholders recognise the value of streamlining ESG disclosures and the importance of consolidating them.
Starsight Energy has become the first renewable energy company in Nigeria to secure carbon credit accreditation. Backed by Helios Investment Partners, an Africa-focused private investment firm, Starsight is a commercial & industrial (C&I) solar power provider. It has earned certification by switching its customers’ power and cooling from predominantly diesel-based
Intertrust, a specialist in providing tech-enabled corporate and fund solutions to clients operating and investing in international business, has launched a new, end-to-end ESG data gathering and analytics solution. The solution offers private fund managers an integrated approach to collecting and analysing ESG data and managing ESG risk in their
Stafford Capital Partners (Stafford) has published its inaugural Responsible Investment Report, detailing how it incorporates ESG considerations into its investments and how it engages with external fund managers on topics such as climate change and ESG reporting. An important part of this engagement is an annual manager ESG survey which
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