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Vestack, a tech company specializing in the design and construction of low-carbon buildings, announces raising over €10 million with impact funds and historical investors. The proptech is now looking to accelerate its growth, increase its production capacity, and finance research and development projects.
Financing the environmental and energy transition is a key objective for Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to impact investing. With the acquisition of SunFunder, a private debt management company that finances renewable energy projects in Africa and Asia, Mirova is expanding its investment platform in emerging markets. This is a major step in Mirova's development strategy in real assets.
Since the beginning of the year, the market's attention has focused on challenges confronting the energy sector, which is in turmoil following Russia's military attack on Ukraine in February. The embargoes imposed as a result of this offensive have heightened fears, already palpable in the preceding months, of tensions between energy supply and demand, causing a further surge in prices, particularly for oil and gas.
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Mirova announces investments in three new projects. These investments support the agroecological transition necessary to protect nature and the climate.
Convinced that diversity of talents is a question of ethics as well as a source of innovation and performance for companies, Mirova joins forces with French association Vox Populi and launches the "Pop'Skills Finance" training for a dozen students. This partnership aims to broaden the sourcing network of candidates and invites Mirova employees to get involved in this approach through a mentoring program.
The Greenium – the yield that investors concede to companies issuing a green bond compared to the performance they would have required from these same companies for a conventional bond with the same maturity - was long perceived as volatile, hovering in one direction or another according to the seasonality. But it finally became a key issue in 2020.
Investing in Sustainability? Yes but how Learn about what happened at Mirova during Q4 2021.
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