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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia:

Pan-European asset manager in private markets Eurazeo plans to raise at least 750 million euros ($813.08 million) for an impact fund dedicated to environmental issues and inspired by the 'planetary limits' concept established by an international team of researchers.

French private equity investor said in a media release that Eurazeo Planetary Boundaries Fund (EPBF) is based on the scientific concept of planetary boundaries, which define thresholds on everything from pollution to biodiversity loss within which the world must remain to be habitable.

Conceived in 2009 by the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC), the nine planetary limits concept is designed to measure the impact of human activities on the planetary ecosystem. These boundaries represent nine vital and intertwined processes that guarantee the Earth system's resilience and stability, including climate change, biodiversity integrity, land use change, pollution, and more.

EPBF will center its investment strategy on two primary themes - boosting a regenerative and circular economy and championing solutions for transition and adaptation. The fund will invest in small to mid-market companies, primarily in Europe, to scale them up through ambitious buy-and-build strategies, across sectors such as agriculture and food, waste and packaging, water management, low-carbon energy, and transport services.

EPBF aims to unlock an unrivaled category of buyout impac......................

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