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Whether it is to get investors comfortable with risk, or to get capital to where it will have the most impact, climate solutions investors have been taking a fresh look at the private fund model.
Effective data analysis is critical in identifying investment opportunities and driving portfolio company improvements, say Andrew Pike and Meaghan Conway at Ares Management.
In the transition away from fossil fuels, entrepreneurs and investors are finding inspiration in technologies that have existed for hundreds of years.
If scaled, nature-based solutions have the potential to account for 37% of necessary climate mitigation goals. Carbon offset trading holds the key.
The transition to a sustainable economy is a global priority, and one that private capital is coalescing around with a shared sense of urgency, says General Atlantic’s Gabriel Caillaux.
CalPERS, CalSTRS, CPP, PSP and NYSCRF are among the largest public pension funds with target allocations or siloed capital buckets for climate-themed investment opportunities.
'Flexible investing' funds come in all shapes and sizes - but, as fund managers recognise the need to scale new solutions to mitigate climate change, almost every 'flexible' climate fund has a private equity component.
Canada lags behind other countries in climate venture funding, a 2022 report by the Business Development Bank of Canada found.
Ireland 'needs more generating capacity to accelerate the economy’s transition to net zero', ISIF director Nick Ashmore said.
The first-time fund received backing from European Investment Fund, KfW Capital and BPI France, among others.