Snehal Shah

Nicole Vermeulen will support due diligence and asset management for Hy24’s €2bn infrastructure fund, having spent 10 years in project and supply chain management roles at Shell.

Decarbonization Partners’ first fund, launched in March 2021, has a $1bn target.

Blackstone Energy Transition Partners IV, an Article 8 fund, has raised $3.3bn.

As private markets initiatives related to specific social issues such as diversity and employee-ownership mature, inequality more generally could become a priority for private fund managers and investors.

The Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance has released a draft private debt protocol requiring members to set decarbonisation targets for private debt funds from 2025.

Aurin Bhattacharjee and Jamison Hill will work on education and financial inclusion themes within GSAM’s sustainable investment group, which manages the $1.6bn Horizon impact fund.

Clime Capital’s impact management practices have been verified by BlueMark, the firm said this week.

Lægernes Pension & Bank and P+ Pensionskassen for Akademikere have invested a combined $219m to CI Green Credit Fund I.

A-Gas, acquired by KKR’s fourth European buyout fund in 2017, supplies refrigerant gases and manages their lifecycle, including recovery, re-use and disposal.

Climate Investment – the firm founded by 12 energy majors in the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative – is targeting $750m for the Decarbonisation Acceleration Fund.