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The Estonian renewable energy developer Evecon OÜ and Mirova, the affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainable investment, through the its infrastructure fund, signed an agreement to set up a renewable energy platform which will build the largest solar park in the Baltics. The construction works will be carried out in 2023 and the parks will start producing at full capacity at the beginning of 2024.
At the 15th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity, taking place in Montréal, global luxury group Kering and premium and sustainable cosmetics company L’OCCITANE Group will announce their teaming up to create the Climate Fund for Nature1 on December 13 at the start of the closing session for the Business and Biodiversity Forum, livestreamed at 9:00 AM CET/15:00 PM EST on www.cbd.int/live.
Pioneer and world leader in agricultural robotics, Naïo Technologies has just closed a 33 million US dollar (€32m) fundraising. Led by Mirova, the affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainable investment, this new round features previous shareholders including the Ecotechnologies Fund, managed on behalf of the French State by Bpifrance within the France 2030 plan, Capagro, Demeter, Pymwymic and Codema. Regional funds M Capital and ARIS Occitanie joined as new investors.
Distributed Power Africa (DPA) Kenya Limited, a business of Cassava Technologies, has secured a $2.7 million debt facility with Mirova SunFunder to deploy solar energy solutions to commercial and industrial (C&I) customers in Kenya. Mirova SunFunder is a leading impact investor, solving energy access and climate change challenges in frontier markets, primarily Africa, by providing clean energy financing.
Ten years ago, we chose the name Mirova in reference to Mirovia, a hypothetical ocean that surrounded the supercontinent of Rodinia almost 1,000 million years ago. The name marked our desire to be at the forefront of an approach to finance that cares for the planet, its lands, its oceans and its natural capital, as well as the well-being, diversity, and inclusion of everyone in a global environment.
Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers 100% dedicated to sustainable investing, renews its support to Komaza, an innovative smallholder forestry platform, which provides scalable and sustainable nature-based solutions to climate change. The $US 9.5 million investment will help Komaza to scale operations in Kenya.
