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Ludgate Environmental Fund Limited has recently invested £4 million in Rapid Action Packaging Limited a company which specialises, in part, in environmentally responsible packaging systems.

Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures is European based private equity company with offices in London, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris and Stockholm. Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures have helped to secure investment for MBA Polymers, a company specialising in recycling engineering plastics.

The Shadow Chancellor George Osbourne has unveiled plans for a new ‘green Isa’.  If the investment is approved as a ‘green investment’ savers would be able to save more than the current £7,000 tax free sum in a stocks and shares Isa.  The former Chief Executive of Norwich Union Patrick Snowball will held up a working group to investigate the opportunity.

WHEB Ventures Limited is the UK’s first dedicated ‘green tech’ venture capital fund head by Ben Goldsmith, the environmentalist, and partners.

Leaf Clean Energy invests in companies which are involved in alternative fuels, renewable power generation and in companies which use technology to reduce the impact of waste generated by traditional energy producers.  They are listed on the Alternative Investment Market in London.

The Merrill Lynch New Energy Technology invests in companies which have a focus on alternative energy or energy technology.

The Guinness Alternative Energy Fund co-managed by Matthew Page will launch in the UK shortly. The US version of this fund returned over 40 per cent during 2007.

An interesting report has been published by Holden and Partners (Guide to Climate Change Investment) which examines how green are the ethical funds we can invest in.  You can download the report from their website here.

Low Carbon Accelerator is an investment company which is listed on AIM and has raised approximately £44.5 million.   Their focus is on providing capital to “accelerate the growth of businesses with products and services that will deliver immediate reductions in carbon dioxide emissions.”    You can find out about Low Carbon Accelerator’s team here and their investment focus here.