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- Transition Finance
1KOMMA5° raises over €70m at a $1.35bn pre-money valuation
CFO Micha Grüber said the round was oversubscribed; 1KOMMA5° plans to invest over €100m in its Heartbeat AI platform in 2027.
- Who's investing
Ircantec awards nearly €1.6 billion in equity index mandates to Amundi, BNP Paribas AM
Two European equity index funds of nearly €400 million each and an €800 million global fund track a custom MSCI SRI index with a 7% annual decarbonization target.
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- Who's investing
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation commits all assets to closing racial wealth gap
ImpactAlpha reported Oct. 13 that the commitment covers the full portfolio, not a carve-out.
- Who's investing
ABP invests €150m with SLM Partners under €11bn climate target
The allocation represents about 1.4% of the Dutch pension fund's €11 billion climate and biodiversity target.
- Transition Finance
Tavion raised $58 million in equity and debt for its first Polish battery storage projects
Construction began October 8 at a Bydgoszcz site with 20 MW of grid connection capacity and 40 MWh of storage.
- Transition Finance
Epyr raises €15 million Series A led by SlateVC for industrial heat storage
The Paris company's first named project is a 35 MWh thermal store for French paper maker Papeco, designed to replace the site's natural gas use.
- Policy & Disclosure
TNFD releases LEAP 2.0, first update to nature risk guidance
The update adds guidance for financial institutions' portfolios, environmental crime and invasive species measurement ahead of COP 17.
- The Wrap
EPA repeals most power-plant carbon standards; EU Commission weighs one-year methane delay
ESG News's review of the fortnight also records an Italian sovereign green bond covered more than 13 times and Google's commitment of at least $15.1 billion to Finnish AI infrastructure.
- Products
Finance Earth and FSD Africa Investments announce $100 million Africa Nature Impact Fund
The fund targets a $20 million first close in 2027, anchored by a $6.6 million commitment from FSD Africa Investments.
- The Wrap
KKR and TotalEnergies plan $1.2bn U.S. solar expansion
The deal would add 700 megawatts in Texas and Ohio, raising jointly held capacity from 1.4 GW to about 2.1 GW.
- Products
Stoxx and Osmosis launch 48-index transition factor suite
The suite spans single-factor, multi-factor and sustainability-integrated indices built on Stoxx Investable Market Indices for institutional investors.
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- Transition Finance
KKR and TotalEnergies plan $1.2B expansion of US solar joint venture
The deal would add 700 MW in Texas and Ohio, taking the partners' jointly held capacity to about 2.1 GW from 1.4 GW.
- Transition Finance
Blaze Energy raises $6.5m seed to retrofit ship engines for alternative fuels
The Colorado startup's Flex-Fuel Reformer System is designed to run on existing engine platforms; a Lomar Shipping pilot is planned for 2027.
- Transition Finance
BII plans $1.6bn Southeast Asia climate finance push over five years
About half the total is expected to come from BII itself, with the remainder mobilized from private investors, according to the UK development finance institution.
- Products
Candide closes $71.5 million Afterglow climate justice fund
The California impact advisory has deployed more than $35 million across 12 U.S. borrowers, ESG Today reports.
- Transition Finance
KKR and TotalEnergies to add 700 MW of solar to US joint venture
The addition carries an enterprise value of $1.2 billion and grows the partners' jointly held U.S. solar portfolio by 50%, with the new projects due to operate by early 2027.
- The Wrap
IFC and BlueOrchard open $2bn emerging-markets private debt fund
Tokio Marine Group anchored a $300m first close, leaving 85% of the target still to be raised.
- The Wrap
IFC and BlueOrchard target $2bn emerging-markets private debt fund
Tokio Marine Group is the anchor investor and $300 million is committed at first close.
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- 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
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.
- The Wrap
Aviva Investors and ABN AMRO invest €100m in SL Materials
Eurazeo separately agreed to acquire a majority stake in Madrid's Miya Water, the fourth investment from its Planetary Boundaries Fund.
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Wrap
Rezolv's €561m Dama Solar debt attracts 14 lenders on EIB guarantee and Romanian CfD
An InvestEU guarantee from the European Investment Bank and Romanian contracts for difference covering 520MW of the 1.3GW build back the package for the solar project.
- 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.