BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) announced the launch of two new ESG-integrated exchange-traded funds, BNP Paribas Easy Sustainable Japan UCITS ETF and BNP Paribas Easy Sustainable US UCITS ETF. The new funds form part of BNPP AM’s Easy Active Beta ETF range, its suite of funds that combine a traditional indexing approach with active integration of the firm’s proprietary…
Carbon capture startup Mantel announced that it has raised $30 million in Series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at scale its technology to help address emissions in hard-to-abate industries. Founded in 2022 by Cameron Halliday, Danielle Rapson and Sean Robertson as a spin out from MIT’s Department of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Mantel is developing molten salt-based carbon capture…
Capital markets technology and exchange company Nasdaq announced a new collaboration between Nasdaq ESG Solutions and sustainable financial technology company Crux, aimed at enabling clients to advance sustainability objectives and realize cost savings by taking advantage of the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy transferable tax credits. Passed by the U.S. in 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) allocated nearly $370…
TPG Rise Climate, the climate investing strategy of TPG’s global impact investing platform, TPG Rise, announced today the acquisition of industrial aftermarket emissions reduction solutions provider Miratech, citing opportunities to address the emissions challenge created by growing power demand from increasing data center usage. Marc Mezvinsky, Partner at TPG and a senior member of the firm’s climate investing team, said:…