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How insurance companies can move the needle on climate change

Corporate Knights

Canada is already seeing the effects of climate change, and the insurance industry is paying close attention. Government and consumer responses to climate change also affect the insurance industry. The transition to a low-carbon future, while necessary, introduces considerable investment risk.

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Nuveen Appoints Ted Maa Managing Director of Private Equity Impact Investing

ESG Today

Investment manager Nuveen announced today the appointment of Ted Maa as Managing Director, Private Equity Impact Investing. Based in New York, Maa will have responsibility for identifying, executing and managing direct private equity investments in key thematic impact sectors.

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Food-waste solutions for climate change are ripe for catalytic capital

Impact Alpha

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.

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Food-waste solutions are a big business – and a big opportunity to stem climate change

Impact Alpha

15 – Commercial and catalytic investors poured $5 billion this year into technology and tools to reduce food waste solutions, and are. The post Food-waste solutions are a big business – and a big opportunity to stem climate change appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Dec.

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L Catterton Appoints Tehmina Haider and Michael O’Leary to Lead New Impact Investing Strategy

ESG Today

Consumer-focused private equity firm L Catterton announced today the launch of a new impact investing platform, aimed at investing in and growing mission-driven consumer companies seeking to make the economy cleaner, healthier, and more equitable.

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The Sleeping Giants of the Green Economy: New Research in India and Kenya Shows How Small Businesses Can Lead the Way in Addressing Climate Change

James Militzer

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change global synthesis report has sounded a sobering alarm. The stakes could not be higher in the global struggle to mitigate and adapt to climate change, and time is running out. waste management). We cannot afford to address this crisis piecemeal.

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Cashing In on Sustainability: A Blended Finance Program Aims to Fight Climate Change by Catalyzing SME Investment in the Peruvian Amazon

James Militzer

According to Peru’s Ministry of Environment’s National Forest Conservation Program for Climate Change Mitigation, Peru (and the world) have lost an average of roughly 100,000 hectares of forest per year since 2006. These losses have only accelerated.