Charles Avery

Savills natcap head Alex Godfrey has been recruited to lead the strategy, which will invest in UK assets with afforestation and peatland restoration potential.

Insignificant changes can deliver big improvement to solar infrastructure's nature impact, according to a report from Foresight Group.

There is substantial appetite for impact among smaller, regional European pension funds, according to Zebra Impact Ventures co-founder Fabio Sofia.

'If you have a very clear set of objectives you’re trying to achieve, it is much harder to deliver them through blind pools,' CEO Angus Whiteley tells New Private Markets.

The UK social impact investor is now known as Better Society Capital, which will help 'reaffirm' its mission, according to chief executive Stephen Muers.

Obtaining non-financial information ranked bottom among data challenges faced by LPs in a survey conducted by State Street.

The fund launched in 2021 with a $2bn target and will invest at least a quarter of its capital in diverse-owned businesses.

The pension pool is sending questionnaires relating to TNFD to a selection of 'more advanced GPs', says responsible investment manager Alex Faulkner.

It will take 'two to three years' for the firm to roll out its methodology for ESG-enabled EBITDA across the portfolio, says partner Monika Nachyla.

Investors are more focused on carbon sequestration, said Regenerate Asset Management chief executive Ben Stafford at a film screening in London.