Impact Investor spoke to senior leaders about why a gender lens is essential to building an inclusive global economy, and how they are embedding the approach within their own organisations.
Bridges has recruited a climate technology investment team from HSBC Asset Management. The team brings with it an existing fund and plans for a larger successor strategy.
SNIB’s latest investment has propelled the national development bank beyond a symbolic milestone, sharpening its role in the country’s energy transition.
ILX has joined the UK’s DFI in backing an East African financial institution, marking the first deal in a wider emerging markets co-investment programme.
Despite geopolitical and economic uncertainty, BII’s chief impact officer remains optimistic about the future of impact investing and the vital role DFIs can play.
A meaningful proportion of funds still fall short of the ESG and sustainability integration standards investors ‘may reasonably expect’, but impact funds score higher.
A new report found that UK institutional investors are increasing allocations to natural capital, with forestry and agriculture still accounting for the bulk of investment
Afreximbank and two new investors have contributed to the latest funding round for one of the continent’s fastest-growing electric motorbike and battery swapping companies.
Amid growing political backlash against ‘woke’ finance, a novel experiment at a €30bn Dutch pension fund suggests that, when given time and information, savers want to see their investments make a real-world impact.
The investment will help to finance nature-based carbon projects in forest conservation, reforestation, mangrove restoration, agroforestry and clean cooking solutions.
The initiative will see the development and promotion of orange bonds and sukuks to strengthen climate-aligned gender equity in the country’s capital markets.
How blended finance, concessional capital and first-loss tools can turn early-stage forest projects into investable assets for institutional investors.
The project, which will help improve power supply stability on the island of Mindoro, represents the first transactions in the country for the funds and the energy company.
The multinational banking group is supporting a Mirova-backed platform’s renewable energy project pipeline in Estonia, which will sell power under an innovative structure.
A group of development finance institutions has backed a new fund targeting Africa’s food systems, as investors look for ways to tackle resilience, livelihoods and long-term supply risks.
The UK government-backed initiative aims to support the development of projects that restore nature and make them investment-ready for nature-based carbon markets.
The challenge facing impact investing is not a shortage of solutions, but a financial system misaligned with real value creation. To rebuild resilient economies, capital must evolve, says Schwab Foundation’s Sophia Otoo.
