GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

For corporate sustainability professionals, questions as to what to expect, when and how to prepare for the SEC’s proposed climate disclosure rule are numerous, and understandably top of mind.

Sustainability 342

Sustainability 342

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

ImpactAlpha, November 30 — Spring Impact Capital is looking to raise CAD $20 million ($14.7 The post Vancouver Foundation anchors Spring Impact Capital to invest in Canadian health and climate ventures appeared first on ImpactAlpha. million) to invest in two dozen early stage.

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Health Investment 105

GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 2, 2021

During the height of the pandemic in 2020, venture capital poured into climate technologies at record levels. Venture investments in climate tech topped $17 billion in 2020 across more than 1,000 deals. She’s also the host of Watt It Takes , the entrepreneurship series about founders tackling climate change.

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Cooling Startups Climate change Investment 136

TechCrunch: Climate

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Partners at RA Capital realized that if they didn't try to address climate change and its health effects, their life science investments wouldn't be as impactful. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Health Climate change Investment Sustainability 94

Impact Alpha

JANUARY 10, 2023

The capital is teed up. The post Matching local projects with climate capital to deploy community infrastructure appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Jan. 10 – The Great Deployment is on. The technology is ready. The Inflation Reduction Act and.

Technology 98

Technology 98

Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 8, 2023

ImpactAlpha, December 8 – Within the United Arab Emirates’s new $30 billion Altérra climate fund is a $5 billion carveout that could represent. The post Blended finance stars as COP28 seeks to unlock climate capital appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The Systems Change Alliance share our view at Lowimpact.org that the climate change problem can’t be solved within the current economic system, which requires and generates perpetual growth and wealth concentration. Here, Roar Bjonnes explains that it’s capitalism’s growth imperative that renders it forever unsustainable.

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Climate change COP Fossil fuels Biodiversity 112

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The post Climate funds deploy capital to waste-tech appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, November 8 — Nearly two billion tons of waste have been dumped in the air, oceans, soils and waterways this year.

Waste 97

Waste Waste Soil 97

GreenBiz

JANUARY 3, 2024

VC investment for female founders dropped in 2023.

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Investment 466

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 20, 2021

20 – Climate finance is on a roll. Climate finance is stuck. The post Deploying catalytic capital to bridge financing gaps for climate action appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Oct. Both statements are true. Investors have poured record sums.

Agriculture 119

Agriculture Investment Energy Energy 119

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

3 – Pledges and pessimism gave way to concrete commitments of climate capital as world leaders clinched two major agreements before. The post Finance to the fore as catalytic climate capital rallies COP26 appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Nov.

Investment 108

Investment Energy Energy 108

Impact Alpha

JUNE 7, 2021

Climate technologies have become better and more affordable. The post Yes, impact-first catalytic capital is still needed for early-stage climate solutions appeared first on Impact Alpha. Renewable energy can compete on cost with power from coal and natural-gas plants. The improving.

Natural gas 134

Natural gas Technology Energy Energy 134

GreenBiz

APRIL 5, 2022

American financial firms, hot to address climate change, turn a cold eye on proposed regulations.

Climate change 365

Climate change 365

Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The post Climate finance in 2022: Mobilizing capital for exponential progress appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Dec. 21 – It’s an optimist’s favorite: The chart of solar energy capacity shows that for two decades at least, actual installations have.

Energy 115

Energy Energy 115

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 27, 2021

28 – Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund and Harvard Management Co. The post Generation stands up Just Climate for capital-intensive climate solutions appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Oct. are among the founding.

Innovation 97

Innovation Investment 97

Impact Alpha

MARCH 29, 2024

The post This week in impact: green bank who’s who, emerging market catalytic climate capital, brazilian impact. Host Brian Walsh dives into ImpactAlpha’s top stories, with commentary from editor David Bank. Up this week: Tracking the players building the US’s. appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 30, 2021

The post The Week in impact investing: Climate capital appeared first on ImpactAlpha. TGIF, Agents of Impact! We’re taking a Brief summer break next week. We’ll be back in your inbox Monday, Aug.

Investment 105

Investment 105

Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

ImpactAlpha, September 19 — Lowercarbon Capital has raised a combined $550 million for a pair of climate funds. The post Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon Capital raises $550 million for two climate tech funds appeared first on ImpactAlpha. One fund will focus on.

Carbon 59

Carbon 59

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The post How the MacArthur Foundation is leveraging the ‘full continuum’ of capital to address the climate crisis appeared first on ImpactAlpha. This interview is part of a partnership between ImpactAlpha and Mission Investors Exchange to present new ideas and perspectives in impact investing.

Investment 105

Investment 105

Impact Alpha

JUNE 22, 2023

ImpactAlpha, June 22 — Mumbai-based, women-led venture capital investor Avaana Capital is looking to raise a total of $120 million for its first. The post India’s Avaana Capital raises $70 million for climate and sustainability fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Sustainability Carbon Energy Energy 59

Impact Alpha

JULY 13, 2021

ImpactAlpha, July 13 – The global effort on COVID vaccines does not bode well for the massive mobilization needed to avert climate catastrophe. The post From COVID to climate, G20 countries look to catalyze capital for urgent action appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Energy 104

Energy Energy 104

Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It is by now abundantly clear that the climate crisis is no longer a future concern. The post Food-waste solutions for climate change are ripe for catalytic capital appeared first on ImpactAlpha. It’s happening now, and we must act.

Climate change 98

Climate change Waste Waste Investment 98

Impact Alpha

AUGUST 16, 2021

The post Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon Capital raises $800 million for climate tech appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Aug. 16 – It’s the first time Lowercarbon, run by Sacca, his wife Crystal Sacca and Clay Dumas, has taken in outside.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 13, 2023

The post Prime Coalition’s Azolla Ventures raises $239 million to catalyze climate capital appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, July 13 – Prime Coalition launched independently run Azolla in 2021 as a successor to its $50 million Prime Impact Fund.

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Investment 52

Impact Alpha

JULY 14, 2023

Many investors look at promising new climate solutions and say, ‘Great, come back to me when you have traction.’ The post Amy Duffuor, Azolla Ventures: Bridging climate gaps with catalytic capital appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Azolla Ventures is more.

Investment 52

Investment 52

GreenBiz

MARCH 16, 2022

Rich nations' $100 billion pledge to help developing nations hasn't been met — where is the money going and who can help?

Climate change 362

Climate change 362

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The post The right capital in the right place at the right time can take climate impact beyond ‘net zero’ appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Since COP26 was gaveled to a close earlier this month, a flurry of hot takes and deeply considered critiques have interrogated Mark Carney’s.

Investment 138

Investment 138

Impact Alpha

JULY 13, 2023

Featured: Catalytic Capital In Indian Country, Wolakota Buffalo Range provides lessons for indigenizing catalytic capital. The post The Brief: Indigenizing catalytic capital, blending climate financing, sustainable construction, impact family offices appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Greetings, Agents of Impact!

Construction 52

Construction Sustainability 52

Impact Alpha

JUNE 16, 2021

ImpactAlpha, June 17 – Fifteen years after An Inconvenient Truth alerted audiences to the climate crisis, the world is even closer to the. The post Wanted: safe, simple, scalable investments to drive capital to climate solutions appeared first on Impact Alpha.

Investment 98

Investment Energy Energy 98

Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Featured: Catalytic Capital How foundations can use impact investments to leverage their grant capital. The post The Brief: Multiplying impact-first capital, homegrown solar manufacturing, European climate tech, hemp-based energy storage, bipartisan worker ownership policy appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Policy 64

Policy Energy Energy Investment 64

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 18, 2023

PwC reveals a slowdown in venture capital and private equity climate tech investment, but the sector keeps outperforming the wider market.

Investment 403

Investment 403

Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The post The Brief: ImpactAlpha in Copenhagen, Africa’s climate opportunity, zero-emission steel, landscape restoration, acquisition of Energy Capital Partners appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Heading to the GIIN Impact Forum next month? Kick off the networking with drinks.

Energy 72

Energy Energy 72

Business Green

MARCH 23, 2022

Grants scheme will improve Londoners lives while also helping to prepare schools for climate impacts, according to Mayor Sadiq Khan. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has awarded £4m to six projects in the capital designed to increase green space and protect the city from the impacts of climate change.

Resilience 100

Resilience Climate change Education Packaging 100

Impact Alpha

MAY 20, 2021

estimates that $791 billion in climate and clean energy investments are needed in Mexico by. The post Altum Capital expands climate finance in Mexico with $50 million from IFC appeared first on Impact Alpha. ImpactAlpha, May 20 – The International Finance Corp.

Investment 99

Investment Energy Energy 99

Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The post The Brief: Chilling corporate climate cooperation, petro-billions for the green transition, California’s forest resilience bond, funds for local-capital funds appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Agents of Impact Call: Finding hidden impact and risk in municipal bonds. High-performing schools in low-income neighborhoods.

Resilience 69

Resilience 69

GreenBiz

MAY 4, 2023

PepsiCo’s allocation of green bond proceeds offers insights into how the food and beverage company considers climate goals when reviewing capital requests.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 12, 2023

Featured: Scaling Impact Indispensable growth factor for impact funds, strategies and fund managers: catalytic capital. The post The Brief: Catalytic capital for scaling, billion-dollar climate funds, diverse asset managers, grid-scale battery storage, costs of the ESG culture wars appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

Batteries 98

Batteries 98