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H&M Foundation: Global Change Award 2025 launched – with a mission to accelerate innovation for a net-zero textile industry by 2050

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STOCKHOLM, Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The H&M Foundation today announces a significant shift in its overall strategic direction, focus on supporting the textile industry in halving its greenhouse gas emissions every decade by 2050, while promoting a just and fair transition for both people and the planet. The innovation challenge Global Change Award 2025 (GCA) is the first initiative to reflect this shift. 

 

 

GCA is now seeking innovative ideas addressing different high emission areas across the textile industry value chain, including sustainable materials and processes, responsible production, mindful consumption, and ‘wildcards’ that support the GCA purpose. Today, only a fraction of philanthropic capital is directed to climate. 

“The textile industry needs all hands-on deck if we are going to meet our climate goals by 2050, and we must ensure this transition is fair for everyone. I really believe that innovation is key to decarbonising the industry, and that the Global Change Award can play a role in identifying and growing future changemakers whose ideas can have a transformative impact if given the right support,” says Karl-Johan Persson, Board Member of the H&M Foundation.

Since GCA launched in 2015, 46 innovations have received support and a combined grant of 8 million euros. While it continues to award 10 winners every year, with each receiving 200,000 EUR, there are other key updates to the GCA:

  • New focus area – decarbonising the textile industry.
  • Holistic approach – equipping changemakers with a holistic people and planet mindset. 
  • Wider range of changemakers – switching to a nomination-based process, instead of an open application system.
  • Systems change approach – equipping changemakers to consider the entire textile value chain and its interconnectedness while also considering the impact on people.

“While the industry is hungry for innovation, the holistic perspective to decarbonisation is often lacking, and the critical early stages of an innovator’s journey overlooked – this is where philanthropy can make a real difference”, says Annie Lindmark, Programme Director for Innovation at the H&M Foundation.

In addition to financial support, winners will gain access to a powerful network of mentors, collaborators, and industry leaders to help bring their solutions to life. Together with partners Accenture and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, H&M Foundation will invite the winners to participate in a yearlong, tailormade Changemaker Programme. The Global Change Award 2025 winners will be announced in April 2025.

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Davidson Kempner completes landmark $1 billion+ debt restructuring of UAE-based plastic manufacturer

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NEW YORK and MANAMA, Bahrain, Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP (“Davidson Kempner“), a global investment management firm, has completed the restructuring of more than $1 billion of debt in the JBF Group (“JBF”), a business with industrial plants in the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”), Belgium and Bahrain, which manufactures and supplies high-quality polyester resins and films used in the packaging industry.

The transaction is believed to be the first significant debt-for-equity transaction of this kind executed under the UAE’s onshore bankruptcy law, setting a precedent for foreign investors in supporting businesses in the region with restructurings.

The transaction will see Davidson Kempner hold a significant majority equity stake in JBF Belgium and JBF Bahrain, with local and international investors holding the remainder.

The arrangement positions JBF Belgium and JBF Bahrain to prosper under the ownership of supportive and well-capitalized institutions who are committed to the long-term success of the business, allowing management to focus on innovation and growth, while preserving jobs at JBF’s three plants in the Gulf region and Europe.

 

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Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP is a global investment management firm with over 40 years of experience and a focus on fundamental investing with a multi-strategy approach. Davidson Kempner has more than $37 billion in assets under management and over 500 employees across seven offices: New York, Philadelphia, London, Dublin, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Mumbai. Additional information is available at: www.davidsonkempner.com.

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IDB Invest Launches Landmark $1 Billion Securitization in Latin America and the Caribbean

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — IDB Invest announced a $1 billion securitization transaction, the first of its kind for private investors to buy multilateral development bank (MDB) assets from Latin America and the Caribbean. This innovative financial structure seeks to create a new MDB asset class for international investors. IDB Invest partnered with Santander and Clifford Chance as key advisors.

The securitization will be unveiled today during the launch event On the Road to Originate to Share, in Washington, D.C., featuring remarks by Ilan Goldfajn, IDB President; James Scriven, CEO of IDB Invest; Ana Botín, CEO of Santander; and Alexia Latortue, U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for International Trade and Development.

The transaction – Scaling4Impact – consists of securitizing $1 billion of IDB Invest’s portfolio, creating a tranched structure with an $870 million senior tranche; a $100 million mezzanine tranche, a portion being sold to international investor Newmarket Capital and the remainder insured by AXIS and AXA; and a $30 million junior tranche retained by IDB Invest.

The securitized portfolio includes assets from 20 countries and 10 sectors, such as corporates, infrastructure, energy and financial institutions. The transaction will free up capital, creating up to half a billion in additional lending capacity for new projects.

“With our new originate to share business model, our strong ties with governments and the deep synergies between our private and public sector work, we’re uniquely positioned to attract private capital,” said IDB President, Ilan Goldfajn. “Through this landmark transaction, we are connecting development assets with global investors to scale impact in Latin America and the Caribbean.”

“This initiative marks a major step in IDB Invest’s transition to our new originate-to-share business model, aimed at mobilizing capital and scaling impact through the private sector,” said James Scriven, IDB Invest CEO. “We are building a new MDB asset class to crowd-in investors seeking unique impactful investment opportunities in emerging markets.”

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IDB Invest is a multilateral development bank committed to promoting the economic development of its member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean through the private sector. IDB Invest finances sustainable projects to achieve financial results and maximize economic, social, and environmental development. With a $21 billion portfolio in development-related assets under management, 394 clients in 25 countries, IDB Invest provides financial solutions and advisory that meet its clients’ needs.

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CGTN: How China contributes to greater BRICS cooperation

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BEIJING, Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Leaders of the BRICS countries are having their first face-to-face gathering in the Russian city of Kazan after the group’s historic expansion from five members to 10 in January.

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Kazan on Tuesday for the 16th BRICS Summit. Xi will exchange views with other leaders on practical cooperation and the development of the BRICS mechanism for emerging economies, among other topics, during the summit.

China has consistently been a staunch supporter and participant in the BRICS cooperation mechanism, seeking win-win cooperation with other members and following the spirit of openness and inclusiveness.

Win-win cooperation

Since its founding, BRICS has sought win-win cooperation, with the Shanghai-headquartered New Development Bank (NDB) being a flagship project of BRICS cooperation.

As the first multilateral development bank established by emerging economies, the NDB provides financing support for infrastructure development, clean energy, environmental protection, and building cyberinfrastructure across BRICS countries. By the end of 2023, it had approved 105 projects in all member countries for approximately $35 billion.

The NDB serves as a significant platform for international cooperation that transcends the territorial boundaries, which not only amplifies the voices of BRICS countries but also represents the shared aspirations of other nations, Dilma Rousseff, president of the NDB, told media recently.

China has been committed to deepening mutually beneficial cooperation with BRICS partners. In the first quarter of this year, trade between China and BRICS countries reached 1.49 trillion yuan (about $209.7 billion), an increase of 11.3 percent year on year, according to customs authorities.

Ronnie Lins, executive director of the Brazil-China Research and Business Center, said China plays a crucial role in building consensus among BRICS countries, promoting coordination and cooperation, and advancing a common agenda.

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Openness and inclusiveness have remained BRICS members’ abiding commitment since the mechanism’s inception. Xi has repeatedly emphasized that BRICS countries do not gather in a closed club or an exclusive circle.

At a gathering in Xiamen in 2017, the Chinese leader put forward the “BRICS Plus” program, encouraging more emerging markets and developing nations’ participation.

On January 1, 2024, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates became BRICS members, joining Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, marking the official beginning of greater BRICS cooperation.

More than 30 nations have either formally applied for or expressed interest in its membership, and many other developing countries are seeking deeper cooperation with the group.

Speaking about the Kazan summit, Lin Jian, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said that BRICS has become a positive and stable force for good in international affairs.

He said China stands ready to work with other parties to strive for the steady and sustained development of greater BRICS cooperation, open a new era for the Global South to seek strength through solidarity and jointly promote world peace and development.

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