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Despite wider fundraising challenges, sustainable strategies are still pulling in institutional capital, says Shane Swords, managing director and global head of investor relations at NextEnergy Capital.

The firm will invest growth capital in companies supporting emissions avoidance in agriculture and emissions sequestration via natural assets.

Sustainability was one of the recurring pillars of discussion on day one at IPEM in Paris.

One attraction of debutant Glentra Capital was that the value-add infra fund starts with 'a clean piece of paper', according to an anchor LP.

EIP, the world's 19th largest impact fund manager, has a large roster of strategic corporate LPs – although it has also raised capital from financial institutional investors in the past year.

Climate Asset Management has acquired a Queensland asset used for sugar cane production, which it will convert to a more biodiverse macadamia orchard.

Given the central role that infrastructure plays in the energy transition – and the contribution that the real estate industry makes to global CO2 emissions – it is no surprise that investors are prioritising these areas in their transition strategies.

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.