blended finance

Climate finance in the Global South needs to be simplified, according to research from the $30bn climate investor.

Jean Rogers, who founded the sustainability disclosure regime Sustainability Accounting Standards Board and was head of ESG at Blackstone, says that blended finance is 'the only way to do long-term impactful sustainable development projects'.

Analysis by British International Investment and BCG constitutes a valuable step forward for blended finance.

In a bid to increase the use of blended finance structures, a new paper describes five different approaches.

The use of catalytic capital to mobilise private sector investment has 'hardly met expectations'; that may be about to change.

Brookfield's head of transition investing discussed the next stage of the energy transition at Infrastructure Investor Network's Global Summit in Berlin.

The Regional Transmission Infrastructure Financing Facility invests in energy transmission in southern Africa.

Managed in collaboration with FinDev Canada, the loan fund is yet to launch but has readied commitments of over $500m, according to a source.

LPs should start investing alongside DFIs even it it means a smaller ticket size, according to L&G portfolio director Michael Klaster.

W2AF confirms the water sector is 'investment ready' and will be judged on its climate and gender impact, says impact manager Dina Pons.