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Asia News & Deals Update: China Extends Its Role as Global Cleantech Investment Leader, CITIC Leads Series D for Organica Water

February 15, 2018

China has positioned itself as a global leader in clean energy and other sustainable technologies, and it's taking steps to further cement that position. Our monthly deep dive on Asia's...

Cleantech and Sustainable Financing Trends for 2018: Day, Shah, Ehrenpreis & Sivaram

February 2, 2018

We surveyed some of the leading financiers, investors and other experts in the cleantech and sustainability space, seeking their thoughts on what trends we are likely to see in 2018...

Top Sustainable Investment & Clean Tech Deployment Trends in 2017

December 31, 2017

China Leading on Clean Energy Deployment; The EV Market Accelerates; Increasing Demand by Traditional Capital; Growing Deployment of Energy Storage; Big Banks Commit to Sustainable...

ESG Integration in Private Markets Investments: Key Impact Themes, Fund Selection, Governance & Risk Management

December 9, 2017

Institutional investors -- also known as limited partners in funds, or LPs -- are increasingly seeking ESG strategies, as they are becoming more relevant in their portfolios.

News Briefing: Utilities, Oil & Gas Companies Pour Money into Renewables + Institutional Investors Drives New Sustainable Infrastructure Fundraising

November 6, 2017

In this briefing, we take a look at recent investments by Engie, E.ON, Shell and more. We also highlight fundraising activity across the cleantech space and check in on various public...

Key Takeaways: Actionable Opportunities for ESG & Impact Strategies in Public Equities

May 9, 2017

Full integration of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors has strong momentum among institutional investors, and collecting data on ESG investment strategies is becoming...

Clean Tech and Sustainable Investing Fundraising News: LP Demand Growing

September 8, 2017

We're seeing a healthy amount of fund-raising for clean tech and sustainable investment vehicles recently. Several newly launched funds are raising sizeable amounts of capital due...

Microgrid Projects Attract Innovative Financing Models

July 31, 2017

Developers and consumers are showing increasing interest in microgrids, those small networks of electricity users that are usually connected to the larger grid, but that can typically...

Sustainable Investment Briefs: Financing for Energy Storage on the Rise

April 29, 2017

Banks are showing growing interest in providing financing to energy storage systems, as the industry moves to install huge numbers of behind-the-meter battery systems across the globe....

Distributed Solar Deployment Opportunities, Financing Models & Key Players

February 8, 2017

Second in a series of briefings on distributed, sustainable project deployment and financing trends. We uncover how financing developments are powering the future of rooftop solar...