climate

‘Big asset managers have the managerial bandwidth to make an impact on portfolio companies and their supply chains. There are no excuses,' says Fabio Ranghino, IIGCC’s private equity working group co-lead.

The former city treasurer who institutionalised ESG strategies in Chicago will lead public-private partnerships at Blackstone’s infrastructure group.

The listed manager has signed up to the Initiative Climat International.

The sustainable infrastructure investor sees potential in the untapped market of floating solar panels on bodies of water.

The bank’s asset management division committed $150m to anchor a new strategy targeting growth-stage climate companies.

Simpson’s hire comes as Franklin Templeton expands its private markets strategy after acquiring Lexington Partners last year.

The firm will invest $100 billion in energy and climate change solutions over next the decade.

Not for the first time, half of the carried interest the SWEN team stands to earn is contingent on achieving targets relating to environmental and social factors.

Large corporations are working with the firm to find promising climate tech solutions.

The European impact debutant – backed by a Belgian brewing family – has made three investments so far, including one this week in data centre energy efficiency company Submer.