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At the 15th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity, taking place in Montréal, global luxury group Kering and premium and sustainable cosmetics company L’OCCITANE Group will announce their teaming up to create the Climate Fund for Nature1 on December 13 at the start of the closing session for the Business and Biodiversity Forum, livestreamed at 9:00 AM CET/15:00 PM EST on www.cbd.int/live.
Pioneer and world leader in agricultural robotics, Naïo Technologies has just closed a 33 million US dollar (€32m) fundraising. Led by Mirova, the affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainable investment, this new round features previous shareholders including the Ecotechnologies Fund, managed on behalf of the French State by Bpifrance within the France 2030 plan, Capagro, Demeter, Pymwymic and Codema. Regional funds M Capital and ARIS Occitanie joined as new investors.
Distributed Power Africa (DPA) Kenya Limited, a business of Cassava Technologies, has secured a $2.7 million debt facility with Mirova SunFunder to deploy solar energy solutions to commercial and industrial (C&I) customers in Kenya. Mirova SunFunder is a leading impact investor, solving energy access and climate change challenges in frontier markets, primarily Africa, by providing clean energy financing.
On the occasion of the French national day against energy precariousness, Mirova Forward, the endowment fund of Mirova, a pioneer in sustainable finance, and Watt for Change, the foundation and endowment fund of the VALOREM group, a green energy producer, are enhancing their partnership with a new ambitious call for projects to accelerate the energy renovation of the most modest households.
Mirova SunFunder and BioLite, a leading manufacturer of solar home systems (SHS), are pleased to announce an expansion of their partnership. The $5.3 million investment will provide debt financing for BioLite’s increased working capital requirements, a product of its rapid expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa.
On the occasion of the climate COP27 taking place in Egypt, the Global EverGreening Alliance and Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers 100% dedicated to sustainable investing, have joined forces to launch one of the largest nature-based carbon removal programmes in Asia beginning with a US$15million investment in the Philippines.
Independent power producer Sunly raises around 200 million euros to build and expand its renewable energy portfolio in the Baltics and Poland. The capital raise includes investments from Sunly’s existing shareholders and Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers and French leading asset manager dedicated to sustainable investing which becomes the largest investor.
Zunder raises €100 million from Mirova to accelerate EV charger rollout in Southern Europe
