Last week, our Senior Partner Clara Barby joined a panel organised by Circular Bioeconomy Alliance to discuss reimagining nature finance and the transformative potential of natural climate solutions. Speaking during the ‘Reimagining Nature Finance’ discussion, Clara highlighted that incentives and benchmarks can be barriers to financing new investment opportunities that are critical for a future that will look different from the past. 💡Her key takeaway? “We need a restoration industry just as we have a renewables industry, and a total portfolio approach by asset owners could unlock the full range of the nature finance opportunity.” Thank you to His Majesty the King for hosting, and Marc Palahí and Circular Bioeconomy Alliance for convening this thoughtful exchange.
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Our mission is to establish climate-led investing as a capital allocation imperative for institutional investors.
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Established by Generation Investment Management, Just Climate is a specialist investment business focused on scaling solutions for the highest-emitting, most off-track sectors of the economy. The challenge of achieving a net-zero world and addressing climate-related risk is huge, urgent and needs tremendous mobilisation of capital. Just Climate's mission is to establish climate-led investing as a capital allocation imperative for institutional investors globally. For more information, please visit us at justclimate.com.
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This week at COP16 Colombia, the UN Biodiversity Summit, our colleague Siddarth Shrikanth spoke about why ‘nature risk is financial risk’ on a panel organised by the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). 💡 His key takeaway? 🌱 Nature risk is urgent to address -- and can be seen as an opportunity for companies and entrepreneurs to introduce products and services that protect and restore nature. 🙏 Thank you to Helen Edmundson, Hugh Bromley, Hirotaka Hideshima, Marcelo Furtado and Yann Marin for their insights – and Dr Nina Seega for moderating the discussion.
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⏳Startups and investors exploring innovative technologies for sustainable agriculture must be mindful of the time required for growers to adopt and scale new practices. 🌱 This insight was highlighted last week when our Co-Chief Investment Officer Eduardo Mufarej delved into growth and expansion in the dynamic agtech funding landscape at the 2024 World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit. Thank you to Adam Anders for moderating the discussion, and to fellow panellists Rob Appleby, Christina Ulardic, Rogier Pieterse and Anne-Valérie Bach for their valuable contributions.
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Each year, Bloomberg Línea publishes a list recognising ‘The 500 most influential people in Latin America’ who are transforming and influencing sectors on a global scale. 🌎 Thank you to the team for recognising our Co-Chief Investment Officer, Eduardo Mufarej, for his ongoing contributions to societal causes and environmental issues. Congratulations to all those featured! 🎉 https://lnkd.in/dGcvgaBi
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Climate pledges are all too similar to New Year's resolutions, says our Chairman Al Gore, in an interview with TechCrunch together with Generation's Lila Preston. Easy to make, but hard to follow through on 🙌 They discuss how despite the significant strides made – including the Inflation Reduction Act and China’s vast solar investment – we’re still moving too slowly. Explore the conversation as they dissect the findings of our Sustainability Trends Report 2024, which is out now ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/dpJXmm8d
Al Gore roasts corporations and politicians, comparing their climate crisis promises to ‘New Year’s resolutions’ | TechCrunch
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With so many negatives in the fight against climate change, it's important we recognise the positives 🙌 Find out how we can build on those beacons of hope and counteract the negatives, with this year's Sustainability Trends Report: https://lnkd.in/e6dK5qgi
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In this year's Sustainability Trends Report, published today, we explore both the reasons for optimism and the challenges ahead as the world seeks to tackle climate change 🌎 While there has been considerable progress on renewable energy over the past year, the planet is not yet on track to reach our climate goals. So what needs to change? Find out here: https://lnkd.in/efBvp9WA
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Thank you to Impact Investing Institute for including Clara Barby's comments in this year's report on the size of UK impact investing market 📈 Click here to find out more: https://lnkd.in/emakwfJK
Today we are releasing our second report on the size of UK impact investing market, revealing substantial growth and increasing sophistication in commercial investments that target positive social and environmental outcomes, including investments in healthcare, renewable energy, affordable housing and much more. Key highlights from our research: ✅ The UK impact investing market has grown to £76.8 billion in assets under management (AUM) as of end-2023. ✅ This growth marks a £19.3 billion increase from the Institute's inaugural report and represents a 10.1% compound annual growth rate from the beginning of 2021 until the end of 2023. ✅ Impact investing growth has significantly outpaced the broader UK asset management sector, which had an annual growth rate between -2% and 0% over the same period. ✅ The UK impact investing market accounts for ca. 8% of the global impact investing market. The report, produced through an extensive market survey and engagement with over 100 key market actors, thought leaders, and policymakers, highlights that this growth occurred despite challenging market conditions. This resilience indicates the increasing importance and maturity of impact investing in the UK financial landscape. The report also notes significant trends in the market: ✅ Private equity attracts the highest proportion of impact capital at 45%, followed by real assets at 28% and private debt at 11%. ✅ There is increasing demand for impact investing among institutional investors, with the UK's Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) making more local impact allocations. ✅ Two-thirds of respondents plan to increase or sustain their allocation of capital towards impactful companies, projects, and assets in the UK in the next five years. We call on asset owners, asset managers, investment advisors, and the UK government to seize the opportunities presented by this growing market and emphasises the crucial role of collaboration between private capital and government in mobilising resources at scale to address pressing social, environmental, and economic challenges and transforms lives across the UK and beyond. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/emakwfJK This research was supported by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. #impactinvesting #sustainablefinance #UKfinance #ESGinvesting
The UK impact investing market: Size, scope, and potential | Impact Investing Institute
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Very exciting news this week at Stegra ⚡ We are looking forward to seeing our portfolio company embark on this next stage in its growth journey! Check out their journey here: https://lnkd.in/deQ29DWS
This is the beginning of a new era. Say goodbye to H2 Green Steel and hello to Stegra. New name, same mission – to decarbonize hard-to-abate industry for good. Stegra – decarbonizing at scale
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🌍 How big is the decarbonisation opportunity? Let’s dive in! This week at IPEM, Clara Barby delivered insights to investors navigating the fast-growing sustainable investment market. 💡 The key message? While many asset owners focus on climate-related risk, opportunity, and stewardship, they should also aim to drive systems-level change in financial markets. One way to do this? By identifying the untapped potential between asset classes. ✨ And the result? “Disruptive solutions that blur traditional asset boundaries present unique opportunities to develop first-of-a-kind projects in critical industries like steel and battery materials,” Clara said. Thank you to Dr. Bev Adams for moderating this discussion, and to Anne-Laurence Roucher, Pierre Abadie, and Tom Rotherham-Winqvist for their valuable contributions!
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