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Delicious and abundant: yes, we're talking about voluntary carbon markets
26 August 2021Offsets play an important transitional role in neutralizing emissions that are more difficult to abate, argues Vikram Widge
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BNP Paribas launches first blue economy ETF
13 October 2020BNP Paribas Asset Management has launched the first exchange-traded fund focused on the blue economy, with the €35 million fund investing in listed equities that contribute to the sustainable economic use of the ocean resources
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Transport taking rising share of climate finance, says think tank
28 November 2019Finance for low-carbon transport has risen sharply in recent years to about $141 billion annually in 2017/18 – about 24% of all global climate finance – according to the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI).
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BNP Paribas launches first circular economy ETF
23 May 2019BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has launched what they believe to be the first circular economy exchange traded fund (ETF).
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People Moves: Columbia Threadneedle, Natixis, NBIM, BMO Capital Markets, Hong Kong Green Finance Association, FRC, Pattern Energy and NextEra Energy Partners
04 January 2019Columbia Threadneedle boosts responsible investment team
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Climate finance smashes records thanks to major boost in private-sector investment
16 November 2015A 26% increase in private sector investment helped 2014 smash all previous records for climate finance, reaching $391 billion.
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CPI calls for action on investor climate exposure
20 August 2015Investors, regulators and standard-setters have been urged to drive forward environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure initiatives to help define "climate exposure", in a report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI).
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Green bonds 'can help achieve $100bn climate finance goal'
11 June 2015Green bonds have been named one of the four instruments available to financial institutions to help ramp climate finance up to its $100 billion a year target.
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Institutional investors eye 'real assets' to boost returns
03 February 2015Institutional investors will increase their allocations to real assets, including renewable energy, infrastructure, agriculture and timber, as equities and bonds fail to deliver their target returns, according to alternative asset manager Aquila Capital.
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Aquila Capital and ECPI plan co-managed sustainability funds
20 May 2014Aquila Capital, a German investment firm specialising in renewable energy, agriculture and forestry, has formed a partnership with Italy's ECPI, a provider of sustainability research, in a move that will result in the launch of a range of sustainable investment products.
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