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UK Green Investment Bank in £250m waste-to-energy deal
24 December 2013The UK's Green Investment Bank has helped finance a £250 million waste-to-energy plant.
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IIRC launches integrated reporting framework
10 December 2013A framework to help companies expand their reports beyond financial metrics and include measures of sustainability has been launched, marking "an important milestone" in the evolution of 'integrated reporting'.
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Investors warn palm oil companies and financiers on climate change risks
05 December 2013A $270 billion investor coalition has called for palm oil producers and their financiers to adopt policies to ensure they do not contribute to climate change.
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Financial close reached for £760m UK waste-to-energy plant
28 November 2013A UK resource management company and its investment partners have signed a £760 million ($1.2 billion) contract with a waste authority for a waste-to-energy project.
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FMO raises €500m in first 'sustainability bond'
07 November 2013Dutch development bank FMO has raised €500 million ($675.2 million) by issuing its first ever publicly offered 'sustainability bond'.
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EIB aims for biggest ever green bond
06 September 2013The European Investment Bank (EIB) aims to tap its €650 million ($856 million) Climate Awareness Bond, in a move that could make it the largest ever green bond.
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EIB issues record-breaking €650m green bond
12 July 2013The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a €650 million ($849.4 million) Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) – the largest ever green bond to be denominated in euros, and the first to use the EIB's ECoop framework.
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Can green bonds go mainstream?
20 June 2013The green bond market is on the march after the first billion-dollar issuance, but what is needed for the fledgling asset class to break into the mainstream, asks Elza Holmstedt Pell
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Non-toxic investments
19 June 2013Investors need to raise more questions about the financial risks arising from hazardous chemicals produced and used by a range of companies, says Sonja Haider