ESG news – Page 23
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OMERS buys stake in Indian solar-energy company Azure Power
Canadian pension fund acquires company from IFC for more than $200m
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Aflac invests $2bn in Denham’s sustainable infrastructure business
Deal gives Aflac Global Investments 24.9% stake in Denham Sustainable Infrastructure
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Luxcara issues green project bond to pension schemes, insurers
Renewable energy investor receives ’three-digit million-euro amount’ to finance a 163MW portfolio in Finland
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NewsLGPS pool finds five more takers for renewable infrastructure fund
Renewable fund is one of London CIV’s most successful fund launches to date
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AXA IM Alts grabs site in Germany for €185m hybrid timber office project
Building will be primarily constructed of sustainably sourced wood using a timber frame around a concrete core
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Aviva Investors launches climate transition real assets fund
Initial £425m seed capital, plus leverage, gives Climate Transition Real Assets Fund £1bn investment firepower
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Institutional owners of Southern Water to absorb £90m fine
Southern Water found guilty of dumping raw sewage into the sea between 2010 and 2015
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Cromwell Property, Dasos Capital launch €1bn wooden building fund
Open-ended pan-European fund will target an initial first close of €100m
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Natural capital to follow renewables in becoming major asset class – Mirova
Gautier Quéru sees key parallels with the growth of institutional investment in renewables
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NewsNorway sets up climate fund, seen drawing €10bn to renewables
Norfund to manage new fund, which will invest in renewable energy in developing countries
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DWS to raise €500m for new ESG-focused infrastructure debt fund
ESG Infrastructure Debt Fund to focus on ’sustainability-themed infrastructure sectors’ in Europe
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AXA IM Alts broadens financing sources with €500m green bond
Proceeds will be used to replace a number of existing debt facilities, reducing cost of debt
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Manulife sets greenhouse gas reduction plan for $18bn real estate portfolio
Investment management arm of Canadian insurer eyes GHG reduction target of 80% by 2050
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Bridges, Resonance and SASC to help deliver UK homeless pilot scheme
Impact fund managers to work with Big Society Capital to provide 200 homes for rough sleepers
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PGIM makes first acquisition for LGPS-backed UK affordable housing fund
Eight sites acquired for vehicle backed by Northern LGPS and Brunel Pension Partnership
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Impact investor Finnfund invests in Ethiopian poultry company
OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I invests $5m in EthioChicken
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Norway’s KLP invests €200m in ‘dark green’ infra debt via Macquarie
Tailor-made fund will invest in debt assets across solar, wind, hydropower, and sustainable energy storage sectors
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NewsTritax EuroBox raises €500m in debut green bond issue
Capital will help reduce the company’s cost of debt and fund deals
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UK LGPS pension funds urged to allocate £16bn to local ‘place-based’ investments
White paper makes the case for redirecting 5% of £326bn of local-authority pension capital
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CBRE GI affordable housing fund draws in more institutional capital
UK local-authority pension funds and European investors back social-impact strategy
