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Kalliope Gourntis

Kalliope is Deputy Editor at Infrastructure Investor, focusing primarily on the print edition, the latest role she’s assumed since joining the company in 2013. Kalliope initially covered the US market when she was based in New York, but has since relocated to Europe, where she oversees Infrastructure Investor’s team of reporters in London, New York and Sydney. Prior to joining PEI Media, she worked for Reuters in Athens as Energy Correspondent and has published a number of bylined articles that have appeared in the International Herald Tribune (now New York Times), The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Financial Times.
A data centre platform owned by Asterion Industrial Partners has linked €320 million of project financing against three ESG indicators.
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The energy transition-focused fund manager has deployed roughly 60% of Infragreen IV and plans to launch Fund V, for which it will link carried interest to ESG objectives, next spring.
Last year saw the Paris-based asset manager targeting 272 companies on the basis of gender diversity concerns, up 369% compared to 2018.
The founders of Epiphany Community Holdings said covid-19 and social unrest have highlighted the lack of broadband investment in underserved communities.
We asked industry leaders questions from how they are reducing their carbon footprint to whether they are divesting from fossil fuels. With some notable exceptions, disclosure was hard to come by, suggesting there is a lot of work to be done.
Since the final recommendations were released in 2017, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures has gained momentum and supporters, but ‘progress must be accelerated’.
The UK insurer’s investment management unit has hired debt and ESG specialist Shuen Chan to lead its real assets group’s expanded ESG strategy.
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