Water & waste
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News
EQT sells 25% of waste-to-energy provider Reworld to GIC
EQT is selling a 25% stake in North American waste-to-energy provider Reworld to Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC. The EQT Infrastructure V fund is selling the interest to GIC, an existing co-investor in Reworld, through a combination of primary and secondary capital, in a deal intended to help in accelerating ...
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EQT acquires South Korea waste management platform KJ Environment
KJ Environment to form an end-to-end business portfolio in the waste treatment value chain specialising in plastic recycling
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Swedish AP funds hit by exposure to Thames Water
AP1 wrote down indirect investment in troubled UK utility to zero in the first half, from €100m
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Suez expands into Polish biogas sector with stake in Ara Cursus
Eiffel Investment and Bourgogne to hold 24.5% stake each in Ara Cursus alongside majority owner Suez
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Thames Water removed from $290bn global infrastructure index
UK Power Networks replaces the troubled utility in Infra300 after ‘comprehensive review’
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Arcus-backed Workdry enters US pump market with Holland Pump deal
Acquisition will see Workdry ‘immediately establish a market-leading presence’ in the US East and Gulf Coast regions
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HIG Infrastructure snaps up US waste collection platform Best Trash
Municipal solid waste firm targets residential waste collection within specific Texas markets
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Opinion Pieces
Guest view: Investing in innovation – how technology can secure our water future
To value water properly and address the issue of scarcity, we as a society must invest in it with sustainable solutions
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Special Reports
The UK water security crisis is bigger than Thames Water
The UK water industry is in serious crisis. Christopher Walker explores the urgent need to restore trust for consumers and investors
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Special Reports
Are investors pricing water risk into their portfolios?
Institutional investors are potentially underestimating the risk water scarcity poses. Pirkko Juntunen reports
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Special Reports
Water insecurity in Africa comes in many forms
The water crisis in Africa varies in nature across the continent. There are a range of opportunities for investors, but there are many hurdles, finds Razak Musah Baba
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Special Reports
Does Asia need to look to private sector for water resilience?
Changing weather patterns are elevating the region’s water problems. Florence Chong reports
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Special Reports
Water security: Singapore closes the water loop
The Asian city-state is a global testbed for water innovations, having turned recycled water into potable water. Florence Chong reports
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News
Ardian becomes largest shareholder in French renewables firm UNITe
Clean Energy Evergreen Fund buys Omnes, Bpifrance and Société Générale Capital Partenaires’s shares
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Thames Water’s funding stalls as Ofwat rules make ‘plan uninvestible’
Shareholders will not be providing the first £500m of a £750m funding provisionally agreed in July last year
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UK’s Workdry expands into Europe with purchase of Dutch pump rental firm
Arcus-backed Workdry buys Netherlands-based Vanderkamp
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Interviews
Macquarie’s Ben Way on continuing to invest in utilities post-Thames Water
Head of asset management arm tells Lauren Mills why the infrastructure giant remains positive on the sector
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Special Reports
Investors wake up to the fact that water is a real asset
Florence Chong reports on the growing asset class or water rights
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News
TAQA, GIC and Vision Invest win Juranah water reservoir contract
TAQA-led consortium to develop €372m project under build, own, operate, transfer model
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Built environment requires ‘systems change’ to address looming water crisis
World Green Building Council calls for solutions across buildings, supply chains, construction and cities