ESG Today

MARCH 13, 2025

Decarbonization-focused investment firm Aligned Climate Capital announced that it has raised $85 million at the final close of its second venture fund, Aligned Climate Fund 2 LP (ACF2), targeting investments in clean energy and decarbonization solutions.

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ESG Today

JULY 19, 2023

Barclays announced a series of new senior appointments to its Sustainable and Sustainable and Impact Investment Banking (SIB) team, including Arnoud Boksteijn as Managing Director, Cindy Quan as a Director and Head of Americas ESG Advisory, and Bogdan Oprea as a Director.

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ESG Today

JULY 1, 2022

Stephanie Bilo, Chief Client & Investment Solutions Officer at responsAbility, said: “The urgency of decarbonization requires investors to take credible action. Excluding carbon-intensive sectors from impact investment may seem obvious, but it does not achieve the goal.

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

The report is part of the Ceres Food Emission 50 initiative, an effort focused on decarbonizing the nation’s food sector. Decarbonizing the U.S. degrees," said Mary Beth Gallagher, Director of Engagement at Domini Impact Investments. “It SOURCE: Ceres. by the end of the decade.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 10, 2022

Insurance has wide-ranging influence, and insurance companies can help decarbonize much more than their own operations. Co-operators puts more than 21% of their invested assets, more than $2.6 billion, into impact investments that aim to solve pressing environmental and social challenges.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 5, 2024

Those industrial processes, which rely on high heat generated by fossil fuels, are notoriously difficult to decarbonize. The post Low-carbon cement and solar-powered steam startups tackle decarbonization with new funding appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Major Emitters Progressing on Climate Goals, But Lagging on Decarbonization Strategies: CA100+. ESG Investing. Impact Investing Passes $1 Trillion for First Time: Report. BlackRock Launches ESG Bond Fund with £500 Million Investment from Scottish Widows. London Stock Exchange Launches Voluntary Carbon Market.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The post With catalytic climate financing, Energy Department looks to demonstrate, deploy and decarbonize appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Sept. 28 – “We’re the government and we’re here to help.” The Department of Energy is trying to turn the old punchline.

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Impact Alpha

MAY 29, 2024

The post Clean Energy Ventures raises $305 million for second decarbonization fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha. The oversubscribed round for Clean Energy Venture’s second climate tech fund was a third higher than its initial $200 million target. Investors in.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 2, 2023

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Conference Circuit Regeneration and risk-taking: Overheard at the Latin American Impact Investing Forum. The post The Brief: Regeneration and risk-taking at FLII, decarbonizing food, green hydrogen, Egyptian fintech, clean energy acquisition appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

trillion fund asks all portfolio companies to set net zero goals; ECB to use climate scores to decarbonize €387 billion bond portfolio; JetBlue orders sustainable aviation fuel made from captured CO2; ASICS launches low-carbon emissions sneakers, and more. ECB Introduces Climate Scores to Decarbonize €387 Billion Corporate Bond Portfolio.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Seaweed-based biofibers to decarbonize global fashion. Biodegradable plastics made from invasive sargassum. Water-insulated panels and nature-based construction materials. Women-led companies from Mexico to. The post Female founders power climate entrepreneurship in Latin America appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

TPG Rise Climate, the climate investing strategy of TPG’s global impact investing platform, TPG Rise, announced today the acquisition of industrial aftermarket emissions reduction solutions provider Miratech, citing opportunities to address the emissions challenge created by growing power demand from increasing data center usage.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 15, 2025

M&Gs impact investing unit responsAbility Investments announced today that it has raised over $350 million for its Asia Climate Strategy, aimed at actively contributing to CO2 reduction in Asia through targeted investments in low-emission technologies.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 8, 2023

Barclays announced today the appointment of James Edmonds as Global Head of Sustainable Project Finance in its Corporate and Investment Bank, leading a project finance team focused on helping clients transition to net zero.

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ESG Today

JUNE 29, 2023

The firm said that the newly created role reflects the critical role that sustainable investment and decarbonization will play in driving future client returns.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 22, 2024

As the world increasingly focuses on financing reduced emissions, we provide decision-useful climate and nature data and analytics that enable firms to make more informed, impactful investment decisions. For investors that engage in decarbonization, there are automated tools to track these engagements for sustainability report.

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3BL Media

APRIL 14, 2022

However, the onus is now firmly on government, policy and corporate stakeholders to translate ambition into impact. Supply chain finance plays a key role in unlocking investments towards decarbonization tech and making climate action more accessible to small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 20, 2022

20 – The New York-based venture firm has made a name investing in ready-to-deploy technologies that help its energy and industrial. The post Energy Impact Partners raises $200 million to target industrial decarbonization appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Jan.

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ESG Today

APRIL 12, 2024

Freier joined Barclays in 2021, and prior to her current role was most recently serving as Global Co-Head of Sustainable and Impact Investment Banking (SIB). Freier will work alongside ETG in EMEA Co-Head Marie Freier.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This week in ESG news: EU adopts new law against greenwashing; Walmart reaches 1 billion ton supply chain emissions reduction milestone; S&P forecasts $1 trillion sustainable bond market in 2024; Airbus, TotalEnergies launch sustainable aviation fuel partnership; Verizon invests $1 billion in renewable energy; EU lawmakers agree to certification (..)

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

According to recent research, at least USD 10 trillion of insurance cover will be needed to decarbonize the energy, transport and building sectors – from insuring the construction of offshore wind and solar farms, to the provision of electric vehicle cover and heat pump warranties.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The survey found that around two thirds of investors believe that private asset investing will offer the best opportunities to target key trends such as the energy transition or impact investing, as well as to help achieve diversification goals.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

According to La Banque Postale, the new impact debt fund, classified as Article 8 under the SFDR regulation, will provide long-term support for projects that make a substantial contribution to mitigating climate change or are committed to decarbonizing their operations. It will be deployed over a three-year period.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 20, 2023

Million in bp-led Funding Round Exec Moves KKR Launches New Leadership Team for Global Climate Strategy Nuveen Appoints Ted Maa Managing Director of Private Equity Impact Investing Solar Inverter Market Oxy Acquires DAC Carbon Removal Provider Carbon Engineering for $1.1

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ESG Today

AUGUST 5, 2024

M&G plc’s impact investing unit responsAbility Investments announced today that it has raised over $200 million for its climate investment strategy for Asia at the fund’s second closing, including a $100 million investment from M&G’s Life business.

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ESG Today

MARCH 9, 2023

Launched in 2001 as part of TPG’s impact investing platform TPG Rise, TPG Rise Climate invests in companies that can enable carbon aversion in a quantifiable way, in areas including clean energy, enabling solutions, decarbonized transport, greening industrials, and agriculture and natural solutions.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Tom Sarno, Global Head of Timberland Investments at Manulife Investment Management, said: “We believe high-integrity, verified carbon credits will continue to be viewed as premier decarbonization instruments and that, in time, such carbon markets will eventually come to resemble that of more traditional commodities.”

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ESG Today

AUGUST 2, 2023

Demand for low carbon steel is expected to increase significantly, over the next several years, as manufacturers globally aim to decarbonize their supply chains. The global steel industry accounts for 7-9% of global CO2 emissions today, which creates a massive opportunity for Hybar to drive decarbonization at scale.”

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Amazon Commits $50 Million to Invest in Women-led Climate Tech Companies. McKinsey Launches Council Focused on Decarbonizing the Built Environment. EU Commits €3 Billion to Invest in Energy & Industrial Decarbonization Projects. Carlyle Invests $350 Million in Distributed Solar & Storage Platform Aspen Power.

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ESG Today

JULY 20, 2023

New investors joining the funding round included Innovation Development Oman Investments, Vopak Ventures, and investors represented by impact investing advisory firm Sagana. Our technology can play a key role in enabling humanity to address the urgency of climate change without waiting until 2030.”

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

This commitment is strategically divided: $50 million supports nonprofit grants that empower organizations driving climate and social impact, while the other $50 million is dedicated to equity and debt investments in early-stage climate startups (Seed to Series A) and venture funds. Leading Decarbonization Across Land, Sea, and Cities.

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ESG Today

JUNE 28, 2022

The growth equity investment was led by TPG Rise Climate , the $7 billion climate investing strategy of TPG’s global impact investing platform, TPG Rise and saw participation from existing investors infrastructure investment firm Climate Adaptive Infrastructure and private equity firm Trilantic Energy Partners North America.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The new fund aims invest in four key areas of technology supporting the achievement of net zero by 2050, including energy transition, decarbonizing industries, sustainable food & agriculture and sustainable transportation. Lightrock raised €860 million for the fund, significantly exceeding its initial €600 million target.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

16 – Energy Impact Partners’ Frontier Fund invests in big-bet climate startups that have proved their decarbonization technology and are poised. The post Energy Impact Partners seals $485 million early stage climate fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Nov.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Planet A has invested in 14 green-tech startups to date, with portfolio companies including supply chain decarbonization tech provider Makersite, and carbon mineralization technology company 44.01. Fridtjof Detzner, Founding Partner at Planet A, said: “Green-tech and impact investing is no longer a niche in venture capital.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The indices provide a 50% reduction in carbon intensity versus an equivalent non-ESG market benchmark and a 7% year-on-year ongoing decarbonization pathway. Simon Klein, Global Head of Passive Sales at DWS, said: “We see impact investing as one of the major future tasks for asset managers.

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