Home Climate
climate
Goldman Sachs' head of EMEA private equity Michael Bruun does not think we are at the 'too much money chasing too few deals' stage.
The firm has so far committed around $2bn of the $7.3bn fund to deals and has been pleased 'by the scale and persistency of opportunity'.
Detailed greenhouse gas reporting guidance produced by iCI, ERM and others should "equip private equity ESG professionals with a blueprint based on preexisting global standards".
The climate-orientated growth investor prefers businesses that are already scaling, like distributed solar company Sun King, managing director Eli Aheto tells New Private Markets.
The firm's $100bn climate investment plans are 'a drop in the bucket', says co-president Scott Kleinman.
Australian government-backed Clean Energy Finance Corporation has been exploring sustainable agriculture investments.
The sector is shaping up to be the backbone of the green energy revolution and a tasty prospect for institutional capital, writes George Heynes.
Brookfield's Global Transition Fund has invested $234m in carbon capture and storage company Entropy for its fourth deal as private equity firms show growing interest in carbon capture.
The impact firm is investing its third sustainable infrastructure fund while raising its fourth.
Lawyers from Linklaters dig into the detail of the UK's climate disclosure rules, which scope in large private companies.