The sustainability-focused private equity firm has also signed a lease on an office in Munich.
Relevant areas for the loan include climate change, gender diversity and ESG governance.
Bridges – with an established investor base of UK pensions – has closed its Property Fund V on £350m and set its sights on global investors for its next vintage.
Manulife, the world's biggest timberland investment manager, is planning a carbon credit-generation strategy. Managing director Eric Cooperström is feeling the tailwinds from the influx of net-zero commitments.
Pollination is targeting $6bn for a series of funds focused on natural carbon sequestration in a joint venture with HSBC Asset Management.
The INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund’s portfolio companies scored higher on social than environmental issues last year.
The SEC’s proposals to require a kind of 'truth in advertising' around ESG funds are a good first step, writes Venture Capital Journal editor Lawrence Aragon.
Impact investing may have started out with a focus on social issues, but environmental concerns are rising further up investors’ agendas, and influencing their strategies.
Private debt has come a long way in its adoption of ESG, with most managers now embedding it into their investment processes. But regular reporting continues to present challenges.
Responsible investing and the need to avoid certain industries is adding new levels of complexity to private debt dealmaking.