Sustainability

The Swiss fund manager has already deployed roughly €93m through SEEF II, a fund that could be double the size of its predecessor should it reach its €400m hard-cap.

David Russell, head of responsible investment at the UK's biggest private pension, discusses how the private equity industry is reacting to climate change.

Investors are also demanding better reporting from managers if they are to proceed with their ESG targets.

The fund will lend money to firms offering access to clean energy solutions for both households and business in emerging markets.

Julia Leung, the Hong Kong financial body's deputy chief exec, says asset managers in Asia tend to focus more on governance than environmental concerns.

The French fund manager will finance its portion of the €2.2bn acquisition through its recently closed European renewables fund and a co-investment vehicle created for this specific transaction.

The fund manager used crowdfunding for an industrial-scale clean energy project in France, while in the US it partnered with Engie to help the University of Iowa transition to a zero-carbon footprint under a 50-year utilities concession.

The industry needs to take pole position and have zero tolerance for slip-ups if it doesn’t want to end up as a rule-taker.

OPIC’s David Bohigian explains how Blue Dot Network, a multilateral initiative backed by the US, Australia and Japan, will establish best practices that will serve ‘as a seal of approval on project excellence’.

Only 40% of the debt issued during Q3 of this year met international criteria on green finance.