Tapping capital markets for corporate climate action
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Two tools funding decarbonization: Green bonds and supply chain financing programs.
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Capitalizing Climate Solutions: Innovative Financing Beyond Venture Funding
GreenBiz
MARCH 27, 2024
Venture capital is no longer the sole route to fuel your startup's growth, given today’s economic uncertainty and evolving financing landscape.
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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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??The Climate Capital Cavalry Has Arrived. Now What?
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
Everyone and their cousins are launching a climate-focused venture fund these days, and that's good news for climate tech entrepreneurs. Speakers: Andrew Beebe, Managing Director, Obvious Ventures Chris Sacca, Founder and Chairman, Lowercarbon Capital This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE 21, October 25-28, 2021.
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BCG-Backed Venture Investor B Capital Announces Senior Appointments to Lead Climate Platform
ESG Today
APRIL 8, 2024
Multi-stage venture investment firm B Capital announced two senior appointments aimed at expanding its climate investment platform, including Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Global Chair and former CEO Rich Lesser as Vice Chair, Climate & Sustainability and Senior Advisor, and Jeff Johnson as General Partner to lead the climate business.
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Doubling down on guarantees, MCE Social Capital is unlocking capital for climate + gender
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Moving capital to address both climate change and. The post Doubling down on guarantees, MCE Social Capital is unlocking capital for climate + gender appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, October 30 – Impact investors know the challenges that come with building a market.
AIB Appoints Paul Travers as Managing Director of New Climate Capital Unit
ESG Today
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Ireland-based banking group AIB announced the appointment of Paul Travers to the newly created role of Managing Director Climate Capital, with responsibility for driving the bank’s expanded green lending activities focused on renewable energy companies and critical infrastructure projects across Ireland, the UK, Europe and North America.
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Preparing for climate disclosure in the largest capital market
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
For corporate sustainability professionals, questions as to what to expect, when and how to prepare for the SEC’s proposed climate disclosure rule are numerous, and understandably top of mind.
Vancouver Foundation anchors Spring Impact Capital to invest in Canadian health and climate ventures
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
ImpactAlpha, November 30 — Spring Impact Capital is looking to raise CAD $20 million ($14.7 The post Vancouver Foundation anchors Spring Impact Capital to invest in Canadian health and climate ventures appeared first on ImpactAlpha. million) to invest in two dozen early stage.
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Blue Earth Capital Raises $378 Million for Private Equity Climate Impact Strategy
ESG Today
JANUARY 17, 2024
Global impact investor BlueEarth Capital AG announced today that it has reached $378 million in investor commitments for its private equity climate impact strategy, BlueEarth Climate Strategy, Commitments include $308 million from the BlueEarth Climate Growth Fund, and $70 million from LPs in a tailored mandate and co-investments.
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NTAM Launches Climate and Natural Capital Investment Strategy
ESG Today
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Global investment manager Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) announced today the launch of the World Natural Capital Paris-Aligned Index strategy, aimed at providing institutional clients with an enhanced net zero solution integrating climate and natural capital considerations.
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Blended finance stars as COP28 seeks to unlock climate capital
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 8, 2023
ImpactAlpha, December 8 – Within the United Arab Emirates’s new $30 billion Altérra climate fund is a $5 billion carveout that could represent. The post Blended finance stars as COP28 seeks to unlock climate capital appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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Matching local projects with climate capital to deploy community infrastructure
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 10, 2023
The capital is teed up. The post Matching local projects with climate capital to deploy community infrastructure appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Jan. 10 – The Great Deployment is on. The technology is ready. The Inflation Reduction Act and.
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Climate funds deploy capital to waste-tech
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
The post Climate funds deploy capital to waste-tech appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, November 8 — Nearly two billion tons of waste have been dumped in the air, oceans, soils and waterways this year.
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Only 7% of US climate tech venture capital funding went to female founders in 2023
GreenBiz
JANUARY 3, 2024
VC investment for female founders dropped in 2023.
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Deploying catalytic capital to bridge financing gaps for climate action
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 20, 2021
20 – Climate finance is on a roll. Climate finance is stuck. The post Deploying catalytic capital to bridge financing gaps for climate action appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Oct. Both statements are true. Investors have poured record sums.
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Finance to the fore as catalytic climate capital rallies COP26
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
3 – Pledges and pessimism gave way to concrete commitments of climate capital as world leaders clinched two major agreements before. The post Finance to the fore as catalytic climate capital rallies COP26 appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Nov.
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Could the Reallocation of Human Capital Be a Key Solution to Today's Climate Crisis?
3BL Media
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Could the Reallocation of Human Capital Be a Key Solution to Today's Climate Crisis? Written by Acre's Ian Povey-Hall for Investment Week , published on 07.12.22, original source: Could the reallocation of human capital be a key solution to today's climate crisis? Thu, 01/05/2023 - 11:20. Type of Content. Featured Media.
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Regulators consider capital for climate risk
Environmental Finance
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Insurance regulators are keen to ensure their prudential frameworks properly incorporate climate risk. But whether this should be reflected in capital requirements is proving a difficult question to answer, as Christopher Cundy reports
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US banks balk at capital rules for climate risk
GreenBiz
APRIL 5, 2022
American financial firms, hot to address climate change, turn a cold eye on proposed regulations.
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Yes, impact-first catalytic capital is still needed for early-stage climate solutions
Impact Alpha
JUNE 7, 2021
Climate technologies have become better and more affordable. The post Yes, impact-first catalytic capital is still needed for early-stage climate solutions appeared first on Impact Alpha. Renewable energy can compete on cost with power from coal and natural-gas plants. The improving.
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This week in impact: green bank who’s who, emerging market catalytic climate capital, brazilian impact.
Impact Alpha
MARCH 29, 2024
The post This week in impact: green bank who’s who, emerging market catalytic climate capital, brazilian impact. Host Brian Walsh dives into ImpactAlpha’s top stories, with commentary from editor David Bank. Up this week: Tracking the players building the US’s. appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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Venture Capital Investors Launch Net Zero Alliance to Align Startup Portfolios with Climate Goals
ESG Today
MAY 8, 2023
A coalition of 23 venture capital firms across the U.S. and Europe announced the formation of the Venture Capital Alliance (VCA), aimed at supporting global climate goals by encouraging and helping to facilitate net zero pathways for startups, and financing climate solutions.
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Generation stands up Just Climate for capital-intensive climate solutions
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 27, 2021
28 – Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund and Harvard Management Co. The post Generation stands up Just Climate for capital-intensive climate solutions appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Oct. are among the founding.
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Climate finance in 2022: Mobilizing capital for exponential progress
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 21, 2021
The post Climate finance in 2022: Mobilizing capital for exponential progress appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Dec. 21 – It’s an optimist’s favorite: The chart of solar energy capacity shows that for two decades at least, actual installations have.
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Sustainable spaces: Countering climate risk in capital projects
McKinsey Sustainabilty
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
By taking a deeper, more comprehensive approach to understanding risk, companies can mitigate climate hazards and build resilience into the life cycle of their infrastructure and capital projects.
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The Week in impact investing: Climate capital
Impact Alpha
JULY 30, 2021
The post The Week in impact investing: Climate capital appeared first on ImpactAlpha. TGIF, Agents of Impact! We’re taking a Brief summer break next week. We’ll be back in your inbox Monday, Aug.
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Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon Capital raises $550 million for two climate tech funds
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
ImpactAlpha, September 19 — Lowercarbon Capital has raised a combined $550 million for a pair of climate funds. The post Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon Capital raises $550 million for two climate tech funds appeared first on ImpactAlpha. One fund will focus on.
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How the MacArthur Foundation is leveraging the ‘full continuum’ of capital to address the climate crisis
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
The post How the MacArthur Foundation is leveraging the ‘full continuum’ of capital to address the climate crisis appeared first on ImpactAlpha. This interview is part of a partnership between ImpactAlpha and Mission Investors Exchange to present new ideas and perspectives in impact investing.
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Include climate transition risk in capital requirements, ECB research says
Environmental Finance
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Regulators should include climate-related transition risks in calculations for banks' capital requirements, according to research by the European Central Bank (ECB).
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India’s Avaana Capital raises $70 million for climate and sustainability fund
Impact Alpha
JUNE 22, 2023
ImpactAlpha, June 22 — Mumbai-based, women-led venture capital investor Avaana Capital is looking to raise a total of $120 million for its first. The post India’s Avaana Capital raises $70 million for climate and sustainability fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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From COVID to climate, G20 countries look to catalyze capital for urgent action
Impact Alpha
JULY 13, 2021
ImpactAlpha, July 13 – The global effort on COVID vaccines does not bode well for the massive mobilization needed to avert climate catastrophe. The post From COVID to climate, G20 countries look to catalyze capital for urgent action appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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Food-waste solutions for climate change are ripe for catalytic capital
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 15, 2021
It is by now abundantly clear that the climate crisis is no longer a future concern. The post Food-waste solutions for climate change are ripe for catalytic capital appeared first on ImpactAlpha. It’s happening now, and we must act.
Sectors with $1.1 Trillion Debt Have High Exposure to Both Climate and Natural Capital Risks: Moody’s
ESG Today
MAY 23, 2023
Five sectors with more than $1 trillion in rated debt face high exposure to both physical climate and natural capital risk, while a lack of disclosure standards for reporting on these issues creates challenges in financing measures to address these risks, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.
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Prime Coalition’s Azolla Ventures raises $239 million to catalyze climate capital
Impact Alpha
JULY 13, 2023
The post Prime Coalition’s Azolla Ventures raises $239 million to catalyze climate capital appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, July 13 – Prime Coalition launched independently run Azolla in 2021 as a successor to its $50 million Prime Impact Fund.
Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon Capital raises $800 million for climate tech
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 16, 2021
The post Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon Capital raises $800 million for climate tech appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Aug. 16 – It’s the first time Lowercarbon, run by Sacca, his wife Crystal Sacca and Clay Dumas, has taken in outside.
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Amy Duffuor, Azolla Ventures: Bridging climate gaps with catalytic capital
Impact Alpha
JULY 14, 2023
Many investors look at promising new climate solutions and say, ‘Great, come back to me when you have traction.’ The post Amy Duffuor, Azolla Ventures: Bridging climate gaps with catalytic capital appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Azolla Ventures is more.
Climate risk among changes to ECB guide on banks' capital requirements calculations
Environmental Finance
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Climate-related risks are among revisions to a guide by the European Central Bank (ECB) on how it expects banks to meet rules on calculating capital requirements for credit risk.
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A breakdown of how much capital is actually going to fight climate change
GreenBiz
MARCH 16, 2022
Rich nations' $100 billion pledge to help developing nations hasn't been met — where is the money going and who can help?
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The right capital in the right place at the right time can take climate impact beyond ‘net zero’
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
The post The right capital in the right place at the right time can take climate impact beyond ‘net zero’ appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Since COP26 was gaveled to a close earlier this month, a flurry of hot takes and deeply considered critiques have interrogated Mark Carney’s.
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Climate tech investment fell by 40%, but there's a silver lining
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 18, 2023
PwC reveals a slowdown in venture capital and private equity climate tech investment, but the sector keeps outperforming the wider market.
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Trium Capital launches climate 'impact' hedge fund
Environmental Finance
JANUARY 11, 2023
Trium Capital has launched the Trium Climate Impact Fund, the firm's first hedge fund that it has classified as Article 9 according to the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).
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The Brief: Indigenizing catalytic capital, blending climate financing, sustainable construction, impact family offices
Impact Alpha
JULY 13, 2023
Featured: Catalytic Capital In Indian Country, Wolakota Buffalo Range provides lessons for indigenizing catalytic capital. The post The Brief: Indigenizing catalytic capital, blending climate financing, sustainable construction, impact family offices appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact!
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Wanted: safe, simple, scalable investments to drive capital to climate solutions
Impact Alpha
JUNE 16, 2021
ImpactAlpha, June 17 – Fifteen years after An Inconvenient Truth alerted audiences to the climate crisis, the world is even closer to the. The post Wanted: safe, simple, scalable investments to drive capital to climate solutions appeared first on Impact Alpha.
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The Brief: Multiplying impact-first capital, homegrown solar manufacturing, European climate tech, hemp-based energy storage, bipartisan worker ownership policy
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Featured: Catalytic Capital How foundations can use impact investments to leverage their grant capital. The post The Brief: Multiplying impact-first capital, homegrown solar manufacturing, European climate tech, hemp-based energy storage, bipartisan worker ownership policy appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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