Renewable transaction infrastructure provider LevelTen Energy announced today that it has secured approximately $65 million in a Series D funding round, with proceeds aimed at building out the company’s platform and expanding its geographic and market reach. Founded in 2016, LevelTen provides marketplaces, software tools, and industry intelligence for clean energy buyers and sellers. The company’s platforms include the LevelTen…
Investment management firm Eurazeo announced today that its inaugural transition infrastructure program raised €706 million (USD$770 million) in commitments at its final close, beating the strategy’s initial €500 million target by more than 40%, and only 20 months after first closing. The commitments include €663 million for the Eurazeo Transition Infrastructure Fund (ETIF), classified as Article 9 under the SFDR…
Tech giant IBM and real estate and investment management-focused professional services provider JLL announced the launch of an ESG data management and reporting solution targeted at the commercial real estate (CRE) sector. According to IBM and JLL, the new solution comes as corporate lease demand is shifting based on ESG requirements, with anticipated demand for low carbon office space expected…
ESG due diligence is becoming increasingly important and commonplace in the M&A process, with its link to monetary value as the primary driver, with most M&A dealmakers willing to pay a premium for targets with high ESG maturity, and over half reporting encountering ESG-related deal-stoppers, according to a new survey released by global professional services firm KPMG. For the report,…