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- Who's investing
IFC and BlueOrchard announce emerging-markets private debt vehicle targeting $2bn
The vehicle has $300 million committed at first close, with Tokio Marine Group as anchor investor.
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- Who's investing
MacArthur Foundation lifts impact investing allocation 50% to $750 million
The Chicago foundation says the increase begins in 2027 and that returned capital will be recycled into later projects.
- The Wrap
USDA ends upfront REAP grants for farm energy projects, effective Oct. 16
The rules, effective Oct. 16, require applicants to finance and complete a project and document a full year of energy savings before applying.
- Transition Finance
USDA rules end upfront REAP grants for farm energy projects
Applicants must finance and complete projects and show a full year of energy savings before applying; rules take effect Oct. 16.
- Policy & Disclosure
EFRAG names Kristian Koktvedgaard acting chair of its sustainability reporting board
Koktvedgaard has served on the board since it was established and remains acting chair until the General Assembly appoints a permanent successor.
- The Wrap
South Korea launches 10-year K-GX strategy to mobilize $747 billion
The plan pairs 200 trillion won of direct spending with 570 trillion won of state-backed climate finance, totaling 770 trillion won.
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- Who's investing
MacArthur Foundation raises impact mandate to $750 million, up 50%
ImpactAlpha reports the foundation's assets at $10 billion, making the mandate 7.5% of that total.
- The Wrap
Shell Foundation provides first-loss capital to Lendable Transportation and Energy Fund
The fund targets $200 million and raised $135 million at a first close in December 2025, with senior tranches anchored by IFC, FMO and SIFEM.
- Transition Finance
South Korea launches K-GX strategy to mobilize $747 billion over ten years
The plan allocates 200 trillion won of government spending and 570 trillion won of state-backed climate finance, with private projects covering the remainder.
- Transition Finance
Shell Foundation backs $200m emerging-markets climate fund with first-loss capital
The Lendable Transportation and Energy Fund raised $135 million at its first close in December 2025 and targets $200 million by mid-2027, with IFC, FMO and SIFEM anchoring senior tranches.
- Transition Finance
CIP takes final investment decision on 20 Italian biomethane projects
Via Verde is the first investment from CIP's Advanced Bioenergy Fund II and is expected to produce about 1 TWh of biomethane a year once built.
- The Wrap
DOE prepares up to $4.2 billion conditional financing for Vistra nuclear uprates
The conditional commitment would support upgrades at Beaver Valley, Davis-Besse and Perry, adding 433 megawatts.
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- The Wrap
Robeco survey finds 82% of investors expect physical climate risks to affect asset prices
The same survey shows only 47% of investors call climate change significant or central to investment policy, up from 46% a year earlier.
- Transition Finance
DOE prepares up to $4.2B in conditional financing for Vistra nuclear uprates
The commitment would support upgrades at Beaver Valley, Davis-Besse and Perry, and the projects are expected to add 433 MW.
- Policy & Disclosure
South Korea's $747 billion K-GX plan links climate finance to emissions cuts
The 2035 strategy pairs about $149 billion in fiscal spending with more than $590 billion in climate finance and counts on $164 billion more from private investors.
- Transition Finance
Aviva Investors and ABN AMRO invest €100m in Dutch recycled concrete supplier SL Materials
The round runs through Aviva Investors' Climate Transition European Infrastructure Fund and ABN AMRO's Sustainable Impact Fund, and the announcement does not disclose how the capital divides between them.
- Transition Finance
Eurazeo agrees to acquire majority stake in Spain's Miya Water
The Madrid water-loss specialist is the fourth investment from Eurazeo's Planetary Boundaries Fund, the firm's impact buyout strategy launched in 2024.
- Transition Finance
Clean Growth Fund and AP Ventures back £10m Series A for Reclinker
The Welsh company recovers cement paste from demolition waste and reprocesses it in steel-recycling furnaces; the £10m will go to Cardiff production capacity and staff.
- Policy & Disclosure
SBTi opens FLAG standard rewrite with a 12-month call for evidence
The revision follows June's Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2 and draws on more than 400 companies that have set land-based targets.
- Who's investing
Saudi Eksab, seeded with $1 billion, anchors Latin American and Caribbean development financing
ImpactAlpha's headline credits a Saudi sovereign wealth fund with the anchor, while the extract attributes the $1 billion seed to Saudi Arabia and does not name the institution holding it.
- Transition Finance
Constellation and Google sign 20-year PPA for $4.3 billion of nuclear uprates
The agreement adds 890 megawatts across six operating plants in Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey by the end of 2032, with Google as anchor customer.
- The Wrap
Rezolv's €561m Dama Solar debt attracts 14 lenders on EIB guarantee and Romanian CfD
An InvestEU guarantee pairs with contracts for difference covering 520MW of the 1.3GW Romanian build; Zelestra's $350m Meta-PPA credit shows the corporate alternative.
- Transition Finance
Zelestra closes $350m green credit for 203 MW Indiana solar with Meta PPA
CIBC, BBVA and Societe Generale provided the facilities, and the close pushes the Madrid developer past $1 billion in US project financing this year.
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- Policy & Disclosure
More than 40 nonprofits press GHG Protocol, SBTi and ISO on conflict-of-interest rules
The Principles for Good Governance in Corporate Standards follow disputes over forest accounting and an hourly electricity matching proposal.
- Policy & Disclosure
Nigel Topping: one fuel price shock rivals the UK's net zero cost to 2050
The Climate Change Committee puts the government investment requirement at about £110bn over 20 to 25 years, against £41.6bn of energy bill support already paid across 2022 and 2023.
- Transition Finance
Novele raises $17 million Series A for AI energy software in commercial buildings
Boisei Labs led the round, which will fund engineering and deployment hiring and further BoardOS development across a pipeline of more than 2,000 buildings.
- Transition Finance
Type One Energy raises $200 million with Siemens Energy Ventures backing
The fusion developer's total funding passes $400 million as PitchBook ranks the round third-largest among fusion Series B raises in five years.
- Transition Finance
Rezolv secures up to €561m from 14 lenders for 1.3GW Dama Solar
The EIB anchors the package under an InvestEU guarantee, with Romanian contracts for difference covering 520MW of the build.
- Products
MUFG launches EU green deposit product with Subaru Europe as first client
The EU version adds a market to a product MUFG introduced in the US in 2021 and the UK in 2023.
- The Wrap
Hong Kong prices $2.6 billion tokenized green bond with tokenized deposit settlement
The four-tranche deal drew subscriptions from 1.3 to 11.3 times, with tokenized deposits settling the Hong Kong dollar tranche.
- Transition Finance
Clean Growth Fund co-leads £10m Series A into cement recycler Reclinker
The Cardiff startup, founded in 2022, says its electric-arc-furnace process could cut cement emissions 50% at cost parity with conventional product.
- Products
Hong Kong prices US$2.6 billion digital green bond in fourth tokenized sale
The four-tranche offering drew subscription ratios of 1.3 to 11.3 times and put tokenized deposits into the Hong Kong dollar tranche's settlement.
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- Transition Finance
UBM Development sets 7% coupon on five-year green bond of up to €100m
The Austrian developer's final issue size depends in part on an exchange offer for its existing 2023-2027 green bond, which closes on 16 October.
- Policy & Disclosure
Three Democratic state finance officials press SEC to extend Rule 14a-8 comment period
The current window closes Nov. 20, and the officials warn that a state-by-state patchwork would cost public pension funds.
- The Wrap
Thailand sells first Asia-Pacific sovereign sustainability-linked bond with nature KPI; Ukraine approves ESG reconstruction roadmap
Thailand's 15-year deal drew subscriptions 2.8 times its $450 million planned size, while Ukraine's 2026–2028 framework carries a taxonomy and monitoring regime with no financing figure attached.
- The Wrap
Urgewald finds UK banks lent $8.3bn to coal as European lending fell 46%
Barclays and HSBC are named among the banks that increased exposure over 2022–2025, as Brussels weighs a delay to methane rules on imported oil and gas.
- Products
Thailand raises $750 million in Asia-Pacific's first sovereign sustainability-linked bond with a nature KPI
ADB-supported 15-year deal issued 17 September drew subscriptions 2.8 times its $450 million planned size.
- Policy & Disclosure
Ukraine approves ESG roadmap for 2026–2028 reconstruction finance
The framework sets out a sustainable-activity taxonomy, corporate due diligence expectations and monitoring of sustainable finance flows, with no financing figure attached.
- Who's investing
Oregon's $104.6bn pension fund extends emissions reporting to private assets
The Treasury plans to add an engagement specialist and has commissioned Oakledge Advisors to convene a peer group on carbon accounting for complex portfolios.
- Transition Finance
HisWay Labs secures early funding for South African rail resilience
ImpactAlpha reports the South African rail resilience startup has drawn US and European interest, but names no check size, backers or customers.