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B Capital Partners AG and IISD quantify ESG factors for the assessment and evaluation of direct infrastructure investments

Nov. 10, 2020 A case study: B Capital Partners AG (B Capital) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), supported by the MAVA Foundation, have undertaken a Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) on one of B Capital’s onshore wind portfolios in Germany, thereby laying the groundwork for the quantification of selected environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in the investment process of direct infrastructure assets.

B Capital Partners AG advises German institutional investor on its investment into a German fibre-optic platform

Oct. 27, 2020 Investment with growth potential: B Capital Partners AG has advised German institutional investor on its co-investment into the Deutsche Glasfaser Group alongside the Canadian pension fund OMERS.

B Capital Energy Transition Infrastructure Fund Finalises Acquisition of a German 10MW-Wind Farm

Oct. 13, 2020 B Capital Energy Transition Infrastructure SICAV-SIF, a Luxembourg fund initiated by B Capital Partners AG, has completed the acquisition of a 100% equity stake in the German SPV “Ravenstein”, owner of four wind turbines located in Baden-Württemberg, with an overall installed capacity of 10 MW.

GRESB and B Capital Partners AG release open source ESG due diligence tool for Infrastructure Assets

June 22, 2020 GRESB and B Capital Partners AG announce the release of their stand-alone, open source ESG due diligence tool for infrastructure assets, which enables investors to gain a clear understanding of the ESG risks and opportunities of an asset as an input to investment decision making.

Completed Divestment of a European 93MW Renewables Portfolio

March 17, 2020 B Capital Partners AG announces that the last post-closing conditions for the sale of three portfolios of renewable energy power plants have been completed. A Swiss Pension Fund sold the portfolios separately to three buyers during 2019.

B Capital Partners makes an investment in the Norwegian hydropower company Bekk og Strøm

Jan. 20, 2020 Bekk og Strøm AS (BoS) owns and operates 22 small scale hydropower plants in Norway with a total production of 155 GWh as well as a development portfolio.

GRESB and B Capital Partners pilot ESG Due Diligence Standard for Infrastructure Assets

March 6, 2019 GRESB and B Capital Partners AG joined forces to pilot an ESG due diligence tool for infrastructure asset investments with the goal to develop a standard process to improve both the quality and efficiency of ESG due diligence.

Pensions Infrastructure Platform’s Multi-Strategy Infrastructure Fund completes first equity investment with Golden Square Energy

Nov. 30, 2016 Pensions Infrastructure Platform (“PIP”), a dedicated infrastructure investment manager established by pension schemes, for pension schemes, to facilitate long term investment into UK infrastructure, has reached an important milestone in its development with the first equity investment by the PiP Multi-Strategy Infrastructure Fund (“MSIF”).

New infrastructure platform of Swiss pension funds – B Capital Partner’s Barbara Weber member of the investment committee

Aug. 6, 2014 Five of Switzerland’s largest pension funds are behind a new infrastructure investment platform, structured as an evergreen, which had its first closing at CHF 300m (€ 247m) with a substantially higher target volume.