ESG & Climate Finance News

December 20, 2021

CAF to use $7 billion capitalization for recovery, renewables in Latin America

CAF, the Development Bank of Latin America, will use $7 billion in planned equity capitalization to back economic recovery and renewable energy…

December 9, 2021

Mountain Partners to Create Chile’s First Climate VC Fund

For the first time ever, Chile will have a climate venture capital fund that will focus on investing in companies contributing to fighting climate…

December 8, 2021

Transparency of ESG investment ratings faces regulatory scrutiny

 Reuters reported market regulators set out a global framework to police environment, social and governance (ESG) investment ratings and help combat…

December 8, 2021

Liberty Latin America is committed to ESG practices across LAC region

In one of Nasdaq’s recent “Trade Talks,” Liberty Latin America Chief Legal Officer John Winter joined Jill Malandrino to discuss how…

November 26, 2021

IDB Invest to support Central America, Dominican Republic, Colombia through new fund

IDB Invest has invested $10 million in CASEIF IV L.P., a new mezzanine debt and private equity fund managed by LAFISE Investment Management Ltd. that…

November 26, 2021

S&P Dow Jones Indices launches ESG Version of the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index

S&P Dow Jones Indices, the world’s leading index provider, has announced the launch of the S&P 500 Equal Weight ESG Leaders Select…

November 18, 2021

Amazon’s Climate pledge fund backs electrofuels start-up Infinium

US e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc’s Climate Pledge Fund has co-led a USD-69-million (EUR 59.4m) funding round for ultra-low carbon electrofuels…

November 18, 2021

How blue bonds promise to boost Latin America’s economy

Announced during the UN climate summit in Glasgow, the recent issuance of Latin America’s first blue bond could be a major milestone. The region…

November 5, 2021

Barbados seeking to establish ‘green bank’

Barbados is to establish a green bank that will facilitate private investment in domestic low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure. Several…