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In 2019, AXA launched a $175 million climate and biodiversity fund. Within a year, $41.5 million had been allocated to projects targeting measurable environmental outcomesIn July 2019, AXA Group launched a $175 million private equity vehicle with a mandate that traditional financiers usually leave to non-prof...
Brazil's Mombak raises new fund, adds Salesforce as carbon credit buyerInvestors are watching demand trends in the nascent carbon removal market, where companies such as Google, Microsoft and Meta have emerged ...
As Europe bakes, momentum grows for climate-resilient farmingExtreme weather is pushing farmers toward climate-resilient practices for better yields. Regenerative farming methods improve soil health a...
World Bank focuses on securitisation to scale up climate financingAjay Banga, the World Bank's president, said the Private Sector Investment Lab is focused on "figuring out a model of originate-to-distribu...
Food tech company Enough raises €40 millionFood technology company ENOUGH, which has partnerships with Unilever and Marks & Spencer, has raised 40 million euros ($43.5 million), attr...
Sistema raises $15.6 million in Series B funding led by KawiSafi Ventures, othersSistema.bio provides access to innovative biodigester technology, training and financing to farmers to address the challenges of poverty, f...
Over 100 global leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030The joint statement at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow was backed by the leaders of countries including Brazil, Indonesia and the Democr...
When non-life insurance industry’s $2 trillion falls short, next crisis may be uninsurableThe economic fallout from Covid-19 has left insurers issuing existential warnings and businesses discovering they weren’t covered.
Impact-investing boom gives funding jolt to $1 trillion asset managerNuveen wrote a $31 million check to Mumbai-based Aavishkaar Group, which invests in startups and early-stage companies in sectors including...
Regulatory intervention, high inflation cripple insurance industryThe agent count at Reliance Life Insurance has fallen 26,000, or 8% to 1.24 lakh at the end of March 31, 2013 since 2012 when it sold a 26%...
- Credit Suisse net falls 72% on writedowns
Credit Suisse Group, Switzerland’s second-biggest bank, said fourth-quarter profit fell 72% after writedowns of 1.3 billion Swiss francs ($...