Palisade Impact

Palisade Impact was established in 2021 and is focused on unlisted investments that intentionally target solutions to environmental and social challenges while delivering strong risk-adjusted returns.  Palisade Impact provides practical solutions to these issues, by investing in next generation infrastructure and infrastructure-like assets and businesses that provide essential services, supporting the future economy.

Palisade Impact takes a cross-sector approach to driving the race to zero: zero emissions, zero waste and zero inequality.  These themes, together with changing technology and policy, provide a large opportunity to invest in a greener, smarter, more equitable, connected infrastructure of the future.

Palisade Impact is an active manager, seeking effective control through board representation and strategic support of our portfolio companies. Our boards bring more than 100 years of combined experience across our focus sectors. Palisade Impact will seek to help achieve the race to zero by investing in next generation infrastructure and delivering change to those investments by providing differentiated capital, actively implementing initiatives that assist with the race to zero and periodically measuring progress against those targets.

Palisade Impact is majority owned by the executive team, ensuring strong alignment with investors. The firm commits 1% of profits to the PNI Foundation and a further 1% to Tideline, its long-term impact partner, supporting the continued growth and development of the impact investing industry.

In 2025, Palisade Impact was proud to announce a new partnership with the PNI Foundation and You Matter, a Victorian based charity dedicated to supporting women and children impacted by family violence.

Through this partnership, Palisade Impact and the PNI Foundation will support the development of a new program focused on furnishing transitional housing for women and families as they move from crisis to stability. The initiative responds to Victoria’s growing housing pressures and the increasing number of women and children spending extended periods in transitional accommodation.

You Matter works closely with specialist support agencies to prepare safe, fully furnished homes that are immediately liveable. From furniture and household essentials to pantry items, linen and décor, each home is carefully set up to provide comfort, dignity and a sense of safety at a critical point in recovery.

Palisade Impact Investments

GigaComm

INVESTMENT DESCRIPTION

  • GigaComm is a telecommunications infrastructure company, providing Australian businesses and consumers with ultra-fast, reliable, connected broadband
  • GigaComm uses a combination of technologies, allowing consumers to bypass the NBN and delivers Gigabit speeds, which is 10x faster than the national download average in Australia

LOCATION: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland
DATE OF INVESTMENT: 2022
IMPACT THEMATIC: Inclusion Infrastructure

PureSky

  • Vertically integrated platform which develops, owns and operates US community solar, C&I and battery storage projects
  • ~260MWDC operating and under-construction portfolio, with a large pipeline of solar and storage projects across existing and new US markets
  • Led by an experienced management team with capabilities across greenfield development, construction, financing, acquisitions, subscriber and asset management

LOCATION: United States
OWNERSHIP INTEREST: 50%*
DATE OF INVESTMENT: 2023
IMPACT THEMATIC: Energy Transition
* Combined ownership interest under funds managed by Palisade Infrastructure (33.3%) and Palisade Impact (16.7%).

RepurposeIt

INVESTMENT DESCRIPTION

  • Repurpose It (RPI) is a Melbourne-based company founded in 2017. It provides construction and demolition (C&D) and organics resource recovery services to the Victorian market
  • RPI’s first-of-its-kind C&D wash plant processes contaminated soils to produce sand, aggregates, and clay, while its organics division processes soft food and garden organics (FOGO) and hard organic waste to produce compost, soil, mulches, and decorative bark. These systems help eliminate waste flows to landfills and reduce emissions through a closed-loop resource recovery system

LOCATION: Victoria
DATE OF INITIAL INVESTMENT: 2023
IMPACT THEMATIC: Circular Economy

IPLiving

INVESTMENT DESCRIPTION

  • IPLiving is a purpose-led retirement living platform formed by PI and Zig Inge Group, a leading retirement community operator and developer. The platform is focused on improving resident wellbeing and creating long-term impact, and seeks to differentiate itself from the typical retirement sector business model through the explicit incorporation of unique impact objectives and KPIs.
  • IPLiving was established with three seed retirement villages based in Victoria, being Prospect Hill Village, Pinetree Donvale, and Richfield Village. In 2025, the platform acquired an additional village in the Mornington Peninsula and two villages in Newcastle, NSW
  • The platform will look to grow in scale over the medium and long term, with a tangible pipeline of brownfield and greenfield opportunities available.

LOCATION: Victoria
DATE OF INITIAL INVESTMENT: 2024
IMPACT THEMATIC: Inclusive Infrastructure

Energy Locals Platform

INVESTMENT DESCRIPTION

  • Energy Locals is one of Australia’s largest independent embedded network operators and is growing rapidly across the Eastern seaboard
  • Energy Locals provides electricity, hot water and gas services to multi-tenanted buildings through private, in-building networks, also delivering behind-the-meter renewable infrastructure to these buildings
  • The platform aims to deliver a range of impact initiatives, including: providing end users direct access to renewable power and energy efficiency initiatives, cost-effective installation of adjacent energy infrastructure, and providing access to lower-cost high-quality utilities for a range of end-users

LOCATION: Australian Eastern Seaboard
DATE OF INITIAL INVESTMENT: 2024
IMPACT THEMATIC: Energy Transition