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Mercer head of impact solutions Angelika Delen will be on stage at Impact Investor Global Summit later this month.

Women-owned investment manager receives commitments from FinDev Canada, FMO, IDB Invest and others for EcoEnterprises Partners IV.

Funds with a mandate to invest in the blue economy have raised €69bn since 2015.

US technology conglomerate also enters a 10-year carbon credit agreement with the Oregon-based forest investment and management firm.

Simon Hallett, partner and head of climate strategy at Cambridge Associates, will be among the speakers at the Impact Investor Global Summit in London later this month.

The Nature Conservancy's impact investment unit says the private sector has an 'essential' role to play in reversing environmental degradation and ensuring sufficient natural resources for a growing population.

Placement agent Reach Capital co-founder William Barrett says the biggest increase in interest has come from the UK, where 'more than 30 LPs are considering it or have launched it or have exposure to it.'

Japanese conglomerate Oji will seek to achieve 1.5m tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year of net sequestration by 2030 from the assets acquired.

The group, which includes, Allianz France and Caisse des Dépôts, is looking to commit to a €150m fund.

The firm has filed two regulatory documents with the SEC for the strategy, neither of which specify a fundraising target.