climate

The sobering reality about food production and consumption habits is we continue to have increasingly unhealthy populations and there is limited respite from the industry’s emissions.

A revaluation of what constitutes an infra asset and the need to build a low carbon global economy are pulling energy transition and project finance capital pools towards ag.

Australia has allocated another $13.5bn to CEFC for fund and direct investments – including $12.5bn for infrastructure projects and $300m in venture capital.

The Green Energy Solutions Fund invests in energy efficiency and also received commitments from M&G and The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund.

The consultant’s newly launched sustainability index finds industrial properties are less impacted by sustainability than offices and retail.

The firm has proposed an amendment to the £466m vehicle that will put sustainability improvement and decarbonisation at the core of the strategy.

Active Impact Investments launched its third fund earlier this year and invests in early-stage climate tech.

The Singaporean sovereign wealth fund has committed €200m towards the Italian manager’s latest opportunistic vehicle.

Decarbonising is about ‘value preservation’, says Ivanhoé Cambridge’s Michael Neuman, because ‘sooner or later, we’ll have to pay the price for the carbon our buildings emit’.

Alison Humphrey launched Arna last month to advise climate funds and early-stage companies on raising capital.