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Climeworks has raised $649m from institutional investors to scale its direct air carbon capture and storage facilities.

A beta version of the benchmark is now available for a select group of investors to compare the performance of impact investments.

Companies developing ESG reporting software see growth correlated with the emergence of mandatory disclosures.

There’s a mismatch between pension funds’ bitesizes, risk appetites and the impact fund market. Former Leapfrog fundraiser Xenia Loos and Marlene Stam’s advisory shop is trying to resolve that.

Members of the ESG data platform’s independent advisory group include a former chief executive of Allianz Global Investors and the co-founder of SASB.

ERM is acquiring Melbourne-based Point Advisory, a financial advisory focused on climate change and sustainability.

Pollination founding partner Martijn Wilder says the ANZ investment ‘validates the business model’ and will turbocharge the firm’s next stage of growth.

After raising some seed capital, the impact verification outfit is building its European presence.

Sphera, which was acquired by a Blackstone fund last year, will help the firm better assess Scope 1 and 2 emissions from its portfolio.

The review of the Walker Guidelines should be a reset moment for private equity and society in the UK, argues Anthony Silverman of advisory firm Apella Advisors.