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Microsoft Signs Deal for 4.8 Million Tons of Carbon Removal Generated Through Improved Forest Management

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Jamie Houston, CEO of Aurora Sustainable Lands, said: “Aurora Sustainable Lands is distinctive because we are the landowner and operator, managing everything from root to credit. This comprehensive approach ensures the highest integrity and quality of our carbon credits.”

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Impact Investor Acumen Appoints Carsten Stendevad as President and Chief Investment Officer

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Impact investor Acumen announced the appointment of Carsten Stendevad as its new President and Chief Investment Officer. Established in 2001, New York-based Acumen is a global nonprofit impact investment firm, focusing on helping communities meet energy and food needs.

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Impact Investor BlueOrchard Appoints Martin Diaz Plata as Head of Private Equity Investments

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Impact investment management firm BlueOrchard announced today the appointment of Martin Diaz Plata as Head of Private Equity Investments.

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Clean Energy Platform Palmetto Raises $150 Million

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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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Microsoft Purchases Nearly 1 Million Tons of Nature-based Carbon Removal Credits from Anew

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Microsoft and climate solutions provider Anew Climate announced today a new nature-based carbon removal purchase agreement, with Anew delivering more than 970,000 tons of carbon removal credits generated from improved forest management projects across the U.S.

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TotalEnergies Invests $100 Million in Forest-Based Carbon Reduction Projects

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Adrien Henry, Vice President Nature Based Solutions at TotalEnergies Exploration & Production, said: “We are thrilled to partner with such experienced specialists as Anew Climate and Aurora Sustainable Lands, who develop high-quality projects aimed at the sustainable preservation of natural carbon sinks which is essential to achieve carbon (..)

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This Week’s People Moves: Pinebridge’s Kabbaj Joins Man Group as RI Director

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Nicole Musicco, CalPERS’ CIO, said: “Peter’s long record of impact investing across global markets elevated him in our search and makes him a great fit with the fund’s mission. Rosl Veltmeijer is now Fund Manager of the Triodos Sterling Bond Impact Fund.