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This inaugural impact report of Mirova Environment Acceleration Capital(1) is a deeply symbolic and pivotal step in our commitment to the economy’s shift to a more sustainable model. It captures the very essence of the three pillars of impact we shape every day at Mirova.
The world is faced with urgent, global and interconnected environmental challenges: global warming, air, water and land pollution, non-sustainable resources exploitation, waste, food and water insecurity, deforestation, biodiversity loss.... Solutions exist, but they need financing to scale up and become sustainable and replicable business models.
When growth capital makes it possible to build sustainable real estate At the heart of social and societal issues, cities and urban areas are some of the drivers of climate change, causing collateral damage to biodiversity, resources, air and health. At the forefront, the transport and construction sectors are facing a challenge of unprecedented magnitude: to transform themselves fundamentally in order to drastically reduce their impact on the environment. In this context, Mirova’s Impact Private Equity strategy focuses on solutions and technologies that will help to make sustainable cities a reality. In this article, we take a closer look at buildings.
Since the beginning of the year, the market's attention has focused on challenges confronting the energy sector, which is in turmoil following Russia's military attack on Ukraine in February. The embargoes imposed as a result of this offensive have heightened fears, already palpable in the preceding months, of tensions between energy supply and demand, causing a further surge in prices, particularly for oil and gas.
When growth capital builds the clean mobility of tomorrow At the heart of social and societal issues, cities and urban areas are one of the drivers of climate change, causing collateral damage to biodiversity, resources, air and health. At the forefront, the transport and construction sectors are facing a challenge of unprecedented magnitude: to transform themselves fundamentally in order to drastically reduce their impact on the environment. In this context, Mirova’s Impact Private Equity strategy focuses on solutions and technologies that will help to make sustainable cities a reality. In this article, we take a closer look at mobility.
While the "food system" as a whole is a major driver of climate change, the agriculture sector face a challenge of unprecedented magnitude: to undergo a profound transformation to produce more and better with less while reducing its environmental footprint. Within this context, Mirova's environmental impact private equity strategy focuses on proven agro-technologies to lead this transition towards a more sustainable system.
According to the United Nations, 55% of the world’s population now lives in cities, a rate that is expected to rise to 68% by 20501. Given this outlook, with nearly two billion people still without adequate housing2, and with greenhouse gas emissions from buildings accounting for about 20% of global emissions and 36% of European Union emissions3, building and renovating differently is a necessity. Buildings are a massive source of emission reductions: this has been well embedded in public policy, as demonstrated by Fit for 554, which raises the annual renovation target for buildings to 3%5, and provides for the creation of a sector-specific emissions trading scheme and an increase in the percentage of renewable energy used in buildings. Suzanne Senellart and Camille Barré explain how the Mirova Europe Environmental Equity Strategy6 contributes to the achievement of the Fit for 55 objectives, by investing in innovative solutions capable of meeting the challenges of the building sector, whether in terms of energy restraint, greenhouse gas emission reductions, materials used and their recycling, or preservation of biodiversity.
