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The Tokyo-headquartered asset manager has launched its sixth Japan-focused renewables fund, targeting $103m.

VC firm has hired its first ESG and sustainability director, Soline Kauffmann-Tourkestansky, to support portfolio company founders to implement carbon footprinting and other ESG KPIs.

The industry still has a long way to go on decarbonisation, but the creation and adoption of private equity-specific science-based targets could really move the needle.

The climate-focused investment platform, which launched in September, named its chief impact officer last month.

Seoul-headquartered Envisioning Partners has raised $64m for its climate-focused venture capital fund, TechCrunch reports.

Climate funds cut across asset classes, says Campbell Lutyens, and they are coalescing around three separate themes.

If you want proof that taxing CO2 works, then look to Sweden, argues Helge Tveit, managing partner of EV Private Equity.

The Paris-based firm is raising a fund targeting decarbonisation and energy transition opportunities in North America.

‘Demand for climate resilience companies is driven by the rate and speed of climate change, not by the credit cycle or consumer behaviour,’ says Jay Koh, co-founder of impact firm Lightsmith, which has just raised its debut climate resilience fund.

More pledges are likely to come after Carlyle became the first high profile US private markets firms to formalise an emissions plan aligned with a net-zero target.