Behind this year's bigger fundraising totals lies a genuine growth story and evidence that impact investing has firmly entered the private markets mainstream.

For the moment, the lack of capital earmarked for brown-to-green real estate is benefiting early movers – that won't last forever.

The signs point to water systems as an area of increased activity. It is a welcome development.

Roy Swan, director of mission investments at the Ford Foundation, argues that decades of zero-sum thinking have pitted workers against shareholders and damaged the economy, but a new, improved playbook is emerging.

A conversation with an influential investor suggests that there is room for – and even a need for – more innovation in blended finance.

In the niche world of sustainability-linked fund finance, EQT has secured a facility that suits an era where materiality and impact matter.