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Aker Horizons acquires majority stake in Mainstream Renewable Power in €1bn equity deal
Norwegian investor snaps up 75 per cent stake in wind and solar developer providing boost for plans to establish global renewable energy major
French central bank vows to cull coal and cap oil and gas investment by 2024
Banque de France to axe investment in firms generating more than half of their revenue from gas, 10 per cent from oil, and any revenue from coal by 2024
Nuveen agrees to acquire specialist renewables investor Glennmont Partners
Trillion-dollar US fund manager to purchase UK clean infrastructure investor in bid to tap 'one of the most dynamic and fastest growing infrastructure sectors'
Total to snap up stake in Indian solar giant Adani Green Energy
Announcement of deal to acquire 20 per cent stake in world's largest solar developer comes just days after oil giant quits American Petroleum Institute over climate policy differences
Scaling up sustainable finance: How can investors accelerate the net zero transition?
As the sustainable finance sector booms, asset managers and owners are under increasing pressure to use their financial clout to steer a greener future
Air Protein raises $32m to spur commercialisation of lab-made meat
The new funding was led by ADM Ventures, Barclays and GV (formerly Google Ventures)
BP snaps up majority stake in US forest offset firm Finite Carbon
Oil and gas giant ramps up investment in USA's largest carbon offset developer, as it increases focus on natural climate solutions in support of its net zero targets
WSP swoops for rival environmental consultancy Golder in $1.1bn deal
Major acquisition aims to create 'leading global environmental consultancy' to capitalise on 'rapidly growing ESG trends'
Full line up confirmed for the BusinessGreen Technology and Investment Forum 2020
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Hosted in association with Innovate UK, our annual free-to-attend clean tech pitching event will bring together some of the UK's most exciting green start ups with leading investors and corporates
HSBC pledges to reach net zero financed emissions by mid-century
But bank's commitment to decarbonising its financing by mid-century, on top of its supply chain and operations by 2030, is slammed by campaigners as "empty" and an "attempt to buy time" due to its failure to commit to divest from coal and oil and gas...
Climate tech venture capital investment soars to record levels
But new PwC report warns 'rapid injection of capital, talent and public-private support' still required for climate tech to deliver on its massive promise
Global Briefing: China mulls carbon neutrality
All the latest green business news from around the world
Amazon unveils first recipients of $2bn climate investment programme
Tech giant backs electric vehicles, carbon removal, and high efficiency motors as it forges ahead with efforts to deliver net zero emissions by 2040
Zoom in on Net Zero - with Carbon Limiting Technologies' Beverley Gower-Jones
VIDEO: Carbon Limiting Technologies and Clean Growth Fund head chats to BusinessGreen editor-in-chief James Murray about scaling up clean tech and unlocking finance to deliver net zero
Amazon debuts $2bn Climate Pledge Fund to back 'visionary' green innovators
Tech giant set to invest in firms that are 'building products, services, and technologies to decarbonise the economy and protect the planet'
Gore Street Capital snaps up 50MW Fife battery storage project
Ferrymuir utility-scale battery project marks the private equity investors first such investment in Scotland
BP invests $5m in methane leak-detecting specialist Satelytics
Cloud-based geospatial analytics firm uses imagery and machine learning to monitor environmental changes such as methane emissions
Funding climate tech and entrepreneurs of colour should go hand in hand
GreenBiz's Heather Clancy asks how the venture capital community might address its abysmal track record when it comes to funding entrpreneurs of colour
Clean Growth Fund: Government launches £40m green start-up funding push
Business Secretary Alok Sharma says new public-private venture fund will help clean tech start-ups 'drive a green and resilient economic recovery'
'Oil has no place in our future': Rockefeller fund returns shine after ditching fossil fuels
Rockefeller Brothers Fund announces that its investment portfolio has exceeded expectations and industry averages in the five years since it divested from fossil fuels
Barclays snaps up stake in energy efficiency platform SaveMoneyCutCarbon
It marks the first move under the bank's £175m sustainable investment drive announced last month as part of its net zero strategy
'Space-age': Sustainable laundry service Oxwash secures £1.4m backing
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and Indeed.com founder Paul Forster among high profile investors in green laundry start-up Oxwash
Octopus Energy secures major £300m injection from Australia's Origin Energy
UK energy supplier claims sale of 20 per cent stake will 'make green energy transition cleaner and cheaper'
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