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How Millennials Can Make an Impact With Their Money

3BL Media

First, many investors – as many as 70 percent, according to Morgan Stanley – continue to believe that there is a trade-off between “greeninvesting and returns, despite ample evidence to the contrary.

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La Banque Postale Launches €1 Billion Energy Transition Infrastructure Fund

ESG Today

Key focus areas for the fund will include renewable energy, circular economy, clean transport and energy efficiency, as well as innovatve sectors such as e-mobility, green hydrogen and energy storage. With this investment, our total impact financing commitments now exceed €1.5bn.

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Businesses and investors need to roll up their sleeves and join the race to revive biodiversity

Corporate Knights

In March 2022, the Network for Greening the Financial System , a coalition of more than 120 central banks and supervisors, published a new statement , acknowledging that biodiversity loss could lead to significant macroeconomic and financial stability risks. The future lies in impact investing.

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Take Five: Into the Stratosphere

Chris Hall

Many of the difficulties stem from how multilateral development banks (MDBs) operate and interact with the private sector, but one channel for private investment flows was also flagged as problematic this week. Perhaps more significant was the African Development Bank’s US$750 million issuance, which attracted 275 investors.

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Redefining ‘Business as Usual’: Three Ways to Overcome Barriers to ESG and Climate Finance

James Militzer

Meanwhile, most people – 79% overall and 90% of investors under age 45 – say they want to invest in socially and environmentally friendly ways. We also need to foster peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, within and between sectors and countries, to spread the word about what works and doesn’t work, and how best to unlock and spur green finance.

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List of the Top Sustainability Focused Private Equity Firms

Richard Matthews

The list of leading impact investment focused PE firms is presented according to the SDG goals they are associated with, however, all of these firms have a set of interests that extend beyond the category of their primary concern. . Arborview is also a mentor for local accelerators, and a speaker on impact career development panels.

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ING’s SDG Fund Champions “Impactful” Investment

Chris Hall

ING Asset Management’s new SDG Impact Strategy will provide clients with exposure to companies that contribute specifically to the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), responding to strong demand for ‘dark greeninvestments. billion from January to April.