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- 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.
- The Wrap
CIP's credit platform leads Antora battery equity as NBIM commits to CI VI
Antora also announced an offtake to supply Pratt Energy beginning in 2027.
- Transition Finance
CIP's credit platform leads equity in Antora's 5.8 GWh Kansas battery
Grok Ventures and University Pension Plan Ontario joined the CIP-led third-party equity; Antora also announced an offtake to supply Pratt Energy beginning in 2027.
- Who's investing
Nest awards Wellington a £3.5bn emerging markets mandate for ESG risk and stewardship
The £68bn scheme says the appointment followed an internal review and is meant to strengthen ESG risk management and deepen company-level engagement.
- Transition Finance
IFM survey finds 81% of investors eyeing transition-linked private assets
Pension funds and insurers made up most of the 700 respondents, and interest ran strongest in Europe, Net Zero Investor reports.
- Transition Finance
Norway's oil fund commits €1.2 billion to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners' newest renewables fund
NBIM's allocation to CI VI is roughly 7% of the reported €16 billion target, a third more than the €900 million it committed to CIP V in 2024.
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- The Wrap
FCA drops plans for mandatory IFRS-based climate reporting as EU anti-greenwashing rules take effect
ESG Today's week-in-review places the change next to ISO's proposed net zero standard failing an initial vote and Vanguard's finding on younger investors' ESG voting choices.
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- The Wrap
Data-center lenders screen on-site water; power-plant water use goes unpriced
Ceres and Bluefield Research find most of a data center's water footprint comes from electricity generation, with no settled measure to underwrite.
- Products
Garanti BBVA completes $125m Tier II bond with IFC and DEG for green SMEs
The 10-year subordinated issue earmarks proceeds for micro-enterprise and SME equipment investments and women entrepreneurs' access to finance.
- Transition Finance
NYK agrees to buy 30% stake in Norway's Trudvang CCS project
The Japanese shipping group would hold the interest through a planned Norwegian subsidiary, extending its carbon capture exposure beyond liquefied CO₂ shipping.
- Transition Finance
CIF endorses $250 million package for Türkiye industrial decarbonization
CIF expects the package to mobilize $2.8 billion, with $1.93 billion from multilateral development bank partners.
- Transition Finance
NOX Energy raises €3 million seed for home-device grid flexibility
The Belgian startup says it has connected more than 10,000 devices; the seed capital will fund expansion beyond Belgium and the Netherlands and a push to embed optimization in manufacturers' apps.
- Transition Finance
NBIM commits €1.2bn to CIP's sixth renewables fund, up from €900m
The allocation to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners' CI VI targets development-stage generation and storage in OECD markets, extending a partnership that began with the €900m commitment to CI V.
- The Wrap
EIB lends to Rezolv solar, Amazon buys Calvert Cliffs power, Stegra warns Boden costs more
Contracted offtake underpins the EIB loan and Amazon's 20-year PPA, while Stegra's Boden steel plant says completion will cost significantly more.
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- Transition Finance
EIB backs Rezolv's 1.3 GWp Dama Solar with $113 million
The loan anchors an $822 million project in Arad County, where two 15-year contracts for difference cover 520 MW of the planned capacity.
- The Wrap
Nest replaces 1,000-stock EM book with 100-150 as NYC boards weigh $5bn climate allocation
Nest says it chose Wellington's mandate for engagement capability, while the boards of three New York City pension funds will run independent fiduciary reviews of the proposed climate allocation.
- Policy & Disclosure
Canada's sustainable finance taxonomy consultation finds two thirds oppose oil and gas abatement category
More than three quarters of respondents backed the draft's Green approach and two thirds backed Transition, while support for Abatement came with demands to exclude fossil fuel expansion.
- Transition Finance
Stegra needs more capital for Boden green steel plant after 100-day review
The Swedish developer, which closed a €1.4 billion round in June, says completing the project will cost significantly more than assumed.
- Policy & Disclosure
FCA drops mandatory climate disclosure for UK-listed companies, keeps comply-or-explain
Final rules let companies omit certain disclosures with an explanation after consultation feedback questioned whether mandatory adoption of the UK SRS S2 standard was proportionate.
- Who's investing
Nest awards Wellington a £3.5bn emerging markets equity mandate
The UK pension scheme is replacing a roughly 1,000-stock systematic portfolio with a 100-to-150-stock active one it says it chose for engagement capability.
- The Wrap
FCA drops mandatory climate proposal and extends comply-or-explain to ISSB-aligned UK standards
Final rules cover climate and general sustainability for accounting periods starting January 1, 2027, with initial reports due in 2028.
- Transition Finance
Amazon signs 20-year PPA for Calvert Cliffs nuclear uprate
The 690 MW purchase supports a 190 MW addition due online between 2030 and 2032 and Constellation's bid to relicense the 1,790 MW Maryland plant.
- Products
Vanguard proxy-voting data: younger investors pick its ESG option at twice the older rate
The Glass Lewis ESG Policy drew 38.8% of investors under 30 in the 2026 season, but its asset-weighted share of selections fell to 12% from 18%.
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- Transition Finance
UK banks provided $8.3bn to coal companies over 2022–2025 as European lending fell 46%
Urgewald's count of 744 commercial banks puts global financing of the coal value chain at an estimated $467bn for the period, with Barclays and HSBC named as increasing their exposure.
- Policy & Disclosure
FCA drops mandatory climate proposal and extends comply-or-explain to ISSB-aligned UK standards
The final rules cover both climate and general sustainability standards for accounting periods starting January 1, 2027, with initial reports due in 2028.
- Products
EIB and BNP Paribas split $794m grid guarantee; Achmea and ILX plan debt vehicle
Each bank takes up to $397 million of exposure inside a $1.70 billion package supported by InvestEU, while only two of the week's six announcements report money raised.
- Products
Italy's green bond draws $129bn of orders for $9.4bn sale
The 12-year BTP Green carries a 4.40% coupon and a 4.492% gross yield, with more than 330 investors bidding and building efficiency and clean transport expected to take the largest shares of proceeds.
- Transition Finance
EIB and BNP Paribas split a $794m guarantee portfolio for EU grid equipment
Each institution takes up to $397 million of exposure inside a $1.70 billion pan-EU grid package supported by InvestEU.
- Transition Finance
Cowboy Clean Fuels sells its first durable carbon removal credits in Salesforce-backed deal
The Wyoming producer stores carbon in depleted coalbed methane reservoirs while producing renewable natural gas, with delivery scheduled for 2026.
- The Wrap
Reverion raises $175m for a fuel-cell factory and Italy sells €8bn green bond
Most of the Munich spin-off's round funds a plant that lifts annual capacity tenfold to 250 MW, alongside a $3.3bn UK fusion package and a £4bn grid body due to be announced.
- Products
Enable Ventures raises $50.3 million for a disability tech fund
The impact raise arrives without a stated target, close date or backer list, and lands below the comparable vehicles covered here this year.
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- Policy & Disclosure
European Commission weighs one-year delay to methane rules on imported oil and gas
The rules start in January 2027 and carry fines of up to 20% of annual turnover for noncompliance.
- Products
Italy completes €8bn green bond sale with €110bn order book
Proceeds will be split across all six categories in the framework Italy updated in late 2025, with building efficiency and transport taking the largest shares.
- Transition Finance
UK commits $3.3 billion over five years to build a fusion industry
The five-year package spans research programmes, specialist facilities and the STEP prototype at West Burton, though commercial cost viability remains unproven.
- Transition Finance
Reverion raises $175 million Series B for 250 MW fuel-cell factory
Most of the round funds a plant that lifts annual manufacturing capacity tenfold, while seven commercial units operate in the field.
- Transition Finance
Andy Burnham to announce £4bn public finance body for the grid
The money would come out of Great British Energy's existing £8.3bn pot, which already carries a £2.5bn nuclear carve-out.
- Policy & Disclosure
GRI plans food and beverage reporting standard as first test of faster process
It would cover food processing, beverage manufacturing and tobacco products, and extend into agricultural value chains.
- Products
Achmea IM and ILX plan emerging-markets debt impact vehicle for Dutch pension funds
The proposed platform would hold private credit and loans originated by multilateral development banks and development finance institutions, with most of the portfolio carrying an impact objective.
- Transition Finance
Reverion raises $175 million Series B led by Kembara for German fuel-cell factory
The Munich spin-off says most of the round will fund a megafactory that lifts manufacturing capacity tenfold to 250 MW, with Allianz, KfW Capital and Carbon Equity among new investors.
- The Wrap
EU green-claims fines take effect before verification infrastructure exists
The ISO net-zero draft failed its member vote after a 12-week consultation drew nearly 5,000 comments, and ESMA will not supervise ESG rating providers until 2027.