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HgCapital sells stake in Irish wind assets to Japanese
02 August 2017Invis Energy, a joint venture between HgCapital and engineering company Craydel, has sold a 60% stake in five Irish wind farms to a group of Japanese investors. The price paid was not disclosed.
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APG invests €327m in Swedish wind energy project
06 July 2017Asset manager APG has invested €327 million ($372 million) in a Swedish wind power project on behalf of Dutch civil service pension fund ABP.
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Final winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Green Bond Awards
11 April 2017The best innovations, intermediaries and banks that helped the market set fresh records in 2016 have been honoured in the final wave of the Green Bond Awards.
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EDP emissions reduction plan approved by Science-Based Targets
27 February 2017Portuguese utility EDP's emissions reduction plan has been confirmed as in-line with the Paris Agreement goal of keeping global warming well below 2°C, by NGO Science-Based Targets (SBT).
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Deutsche to stop financing for new coal projects
01 February 2017Deutsche Bank has committed to not provide financing for new coal-fired power plants and new 'greenfield' thermal coal mines.
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Banks making progress on combating climate change
17 January 2017Banks have made considerable progress in addressing climate risks and opportunities in their business practices to align with a 2°C global warming target, but it is still not enough, according to a new report.
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Emerging markets are five times more vulnerable to natural disasters, says Moody's
29 November 2016Emerging market sovereigns are five times more vulnerable to natural disasters than their developed market counterparts, according to a report by Moody's.
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World Bank issues green bond for Morocco
08 November 2016The World Bank (the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) has issued a green bond that was exclusively bought by the Bank Al-Maghrib, the Central Bank of Morocco.
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Masen issues Morocco's first green bond
07 November 2016Masen (the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy) has issued the country's first green bond, raising MAD1.15 billion ($153 million) as Marrakesh prepares to host the UN Summit on Climate Change (COP22).
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Database reveals financiers behind tropical deforestation projects
06 September 2016At least $38 billion of loans and underwriting facilities were provided, between 2010 and 2015, to the forestry operations of the 50 companies most involved in commodities responsible for tropical deforestation in southeast Asia.