The Partners Capital fund focuses on investments in pressing environmental challenges while also targeting private equity-like returns for investors. BOSTON, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ Partners Capital today announced the closing of itsinaugural private equity environmental impactfund, Partners Capital 15 degrees Fund, LP., with $143million in client commitments. The fund has strongsupportfroma variety oflimited partners globally, including foundations, endowments, and family offices. The Partners Capital 15 degrees Fund will invest in private equity opportunities focusing on proven technological innovations and long-established businesses which are most critical to the global energy transition to net zero carbon emissions. The private equity investment partnership will invest via specialist fund managers as well as direct co-investments in a diversified set of environmental sustainability sectors and themes, including renewable energy generation & storage, transportation & mo
UNICEF AID. Personnel from the DSWD-7 and UNICEF engage residents of San Isidro, Bohol. The UNICEF and DSWD-7 partnered for the distribution of the Humanitarian Cash Transfer (HCT) Plus to 2,000 families in San Isidro and Tubigon in Bohol province. (Photo courtesy of DSWD-7) CEBU CITY - Two thousand families in two towns in Bohol hit by the Typhoon Odette received cash assistance from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD-7) said on Tuesday. In a statement, the DSWD said the aid under the Humanitarian Cash Transfer (HCT) Plus was recently released through RD Pawnshop, the financial service provider tapped by UNICEF in the distribution of PHP5,000 assistance to the beneficiaries. The DSWD's field office in Region 7 said 537 beneficiaries of UNICEF's HCT Plus program were from the coastal town of Tubigon while 1,453 recipients were from the town of San Isidro. San Isidro is a 5th class municipality with a pop
OCD Assistant Secretary Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV (Screengrab from Talk to the People briefing) MANILA - The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said no disruption has so far been reported in critical lifelines and facilities due to Taal Volcano's ongoing unrest. "There are no disruptions to critical lifelines and facilities in terms of power, communication, and water," OCD Assistant Secretary Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV told President Rodrigo Duterte during the Talk to the People briefing on Tuesday night. Alejandro, who is also Civil Defense deputy administrator, placed the number of affected families at 1,539, equivalent to 5,688 persons, about 4,974 of whom are being aided in 17 evacuation centers. "Please note that all evacuation centers are located outside the high-risk areas. Individuals outside evacuation centers are staying with their families or relatives, and the assessment of other areas and barangays is being done by our LGUs (local government units)
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