Venture capital (VC) is increasingly turning an eye towards sustainable investing, and the benefit of engaging with companies about their sustainability at the very start of their journeys, say commentators, will be felt along the entire investment line.

Last month, European start-up tracker Dealroom.co launched a database to track 4,939 ‘impact and innovation’ start-ups and scale-ups. It found impact investing accounts for more than 15% of total European VC investment, three times more than a decade ago, and double the global average of 7%.

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