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FSB Taskforce will require companies to perform 2°C scenario analysis
02 November 2016The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures is to recommend that companies reveal how they will be affected by policies introduced to restrict global warming to no more than 2oC.
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Banks pledge support for UAE's sustainability goals
26 October 2016Eight banks have committed to support the sustainable development goals of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by signing the Dubai Declaration on Sustainable Finance.
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Green finance - at a tipping point?
24 October 2016Eric Usher, head of the UNEP Finance Initiative, tells Graham Cooper about the challenges facing the organisation as it prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
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The process of integrating the environment and finance has only just begun
19 October 2016The 'green economy' is a hot topic at the moment. It moved up the agenda thanks to the game-changing Paris climate agreement. And momentum continued to grow this year as a result of the importance that the G20 has placed on 'green finance'.
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Earth Capital secures initial investment for sustainable technology fund
19 October 2016Earth Capital Partners (ECP) said it has secured the first investments into a new sustainable technologies fund it is managing on behalf of the Nobel Sustainability Trust.
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EU ETS fails to curb cement sector emissions, says think tank
12 October 2016The carbon intensity of the cement industry in the European Union has increased since the launch of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) in 2005, said environmental think tank Sandbag.
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GRESB revises green bond guidelines as EDF launches energy efficiency standard
05 October 2016The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) has revised its green bond guidelines one year after they were launched.
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Green finance "an opportunity" to uphold financial stability, says Carney
23 September 2016Bank of England (BoE) governor Mark Carney has, in another landmark speech, highlighted the "major opportunity" presented by the green economy, saying that its growth can help promote financial stability.
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Environmental risks are 'still not adequately viewed by the mainstream'
19 September 2016Traditional approaches of incorporating environmental factors into risk management are increasingly being recognised as "insufficient", according to a report commissioned by the G20.
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Green bond comment - August
02 September 2016The green bond market could see $100 billion of issues this year.