Sustainability

Morrison & Co’s Steven Fitzgerald said the investment is consistent with its decarbonization thematic and ‘fundamentally’ has the characteristics of infrastructure.

Private impact credit strategies in emerging markets are ‘resilient, uncorrelated to the broader market,’ amid the fundraising squeeze, Blue Earth head of credit Amy Wang says.

Grimaud brings a wealth of impact investing experience with him having most recently been chief executive of impact investor Symbiotics Asset Management.

Agri Investor visits Kilter Rural's seed asset in NSW to see how it will to transform a series of farms into carbon-positive and biodiverse natural capital assets.

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

The Australian vehicle has been preceded by a separate account worth ‘more than A$100m’ that is implementing a similar strategy and is about to close on two NSW properties.

Mombak’s Amazon Reforestation Fund has sold 30% of its 10-year projected output at a price point bettered only by the EU’s emissions trading scheme.

Limited awareness of what is meant by natural capital and a fluid carbon credits regulatory landscape are among the difficulties in steering money towards the fledgling strategy, says Olly Hughes of Gresham House.

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan will acquire KKR’s 49% stake in GreenCollar, with the latter’s workers set to share in the windfall through an employee ownership scheme.

Partner Christina Ulardic says many of the firm’s existing investors returned to back the firm’s second flagship vehicle.