Climate Finance
Conservation | March 3, 2021
Net-zero means water, too, for corporations serious about climate risk
ImpactAlpha, March 3 – Investors and customers are pushing food, apparel, energy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and mining companies to address water security along with …
Chevron Thailand Offshore oil and gas production platform. Photo credit: Kullit Kuekkong
Climate and Clean Tech | March 2, 2021
Chevron’s venture arm stands up $300 million low-carbon tech fund
ImpactAlpha, Mar. 2 – Chevron’s venture arm has launched a $300 million low-carbon tech fund. Future Energy Fund II is the oil and gas …
Agrifood Tech | March 1, 2021
Mosa Meat closes $85 million Series B funding to scale lab-grown beef production
ImpactAlpha, March 1 — Netherlands-based alternative protein company Mosa Meat uses cow cells — without having to slaughter them — to naturally grow …
Catalytic Capital | March 1, 2021
Joint SDG Fund allocates $41 million to catalyze strategic financing for the SDGs
ImpactAlpha, March 1 — The United Nations’ Joint SDG Fund is aiming to bring together Wall Street and the growing focus on ESG, …
Clean Energy | February 24, 2021
Postal Service misses an opportunity to modernize fleet with electric vehicles
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 24 – A contract to upgrade the U.S. postal agency’s 165,000 delivery trucks runs counter to the Biden administration’s effort to …
2030 Finance | February 24, 2021
Ikea-backed foundation invests in fossil fuel-free equities and green steel
ImpactAlpha, February 24 – The IMAS Foundation, launched by Ikea’s founder, is committing €250 million to a fossil fuel-free public equities fund developed by …
Clean Energy | February 23, 2021
Brooklyn’s BlocPower raises $63 million to green U.S. buildings
ImpactAlpha, February 23 — BlocPower works with utility companies, government agencies and property owners to retrofit city buildings in underserved communities and finance …
Dairy waste digester | Photo: Equilibrium Capital
Climate and Clean Tech | February 22, 2021
Resilient Infrastructure Group acquires renewable natural gas facility from Equilibrium Capital
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 22 – The Boardman, Ore., dairy manure-to-renewable natural gas facility was developed as a partnership between Portland-based Equilibrium and Threemile Canyon Farms. The …
Clean Energy | February 22, 2021
Vestas Ventures backs Modvion to create wooden wind turbines
ImpactAlpha, February 22 — Vestas, a Danish manufacturer, seller and installer of wind turbines, recently launched a corporate venture capital arm to invest …
Clean Energy | February 18, 2021
Building a smart and resilient grid moves up the to-do list after Texas power failures
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 18 – The claim that frozen wind turbines caused Texas’ harrowing power outages turned out to be all hat, no cattle. …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | February 17, 2021
Farmers harvest ‘soil carbon’ to meet rising corporate demand for emission offsets
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 17 – Candidates in last year’s U.S. Senate race in Iowa were asked in a televised debate to cite the clearing …
Photo credit: Rheaply
Climate and Clean Tech | February 17, 2021
Rheaply scores $8 million to help companies recycle and reduce waste
ImpactAlpha, February 17 — Chicago-based Rheaply helps organizations track and recycle unused items to reduce their carbon footprints. The company has raised $8 …
Mark Carney and Jeffrey Ubben
Clean Energy | February 16, 2021
Mark Carney and Jeffrey Ubben take aim at net-zero opportunities with multi-billion dollar fund raises
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 16 – Two blockbuster funds are targeting the “greatest commercial opportunity of our age,” as Mark Carney, former Bank of England …
Photo credit: Hyzon Motors
Clean Energy | February 10, 2021
Clean transport venture Hyzon Motors to IPO via SPAC
ImpactAlpha, February 10 – Hyzon, which makes commercial vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells, is planning to merge with Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corp., a special …
Africa | February 10, 2021
Africa’s Great Green Wall to combat desertification secures $16.8 billion in international finance
ImpactAlpha, February 10 — The Great Green Wall initiative, launched in 2007 by the African Union, aims to restore degraded land, boost food …