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Scaling up the energy efficiency market
03 April 2017Meeting the EU's ambitious 2030 target for energy efficiency improvements will require more private finance, better data and standardisation, reports Peter Cripps
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Green bond roundup - 29 March 2017
29 March 2017The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has issued a AUD650 million ($495 million) green bond, its inaugural offering.
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Shareholder engagement spurs AB InBev to commit to 100% renewables
29 March 2017Anheuser-Busch (AB) InBev, the world's largest brewer, has signed up to the RE100 initiative, following extensive shareholder engagement.
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Singapore's financial regulator launches green bond initiative
27 March 2017Singapore has launched a green bond grant programme to help issuers pay the additional costs associated with obtaining an external review, in a bid to kickstart issuance from the state.
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People Moves; Railpen, RCG, Convention on Biological Diversity
24 March 2017RPMI Railpen has appointed Leo George as the new head of sustainable ownership, replacing Deborah Gilshan who has left the UK railway pension scheme to join Standard Life Investments' as a governance and stewardship director in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) team.
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Green bonds round up, 22 March 2017
22 March 2017French rail operator SNCF Reseau is gearing up to issue its second green bond.
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First green hybrid debt set to issue
21 March 2017A major European green bond issuer is gearing up to issue the first green-labelled hybrid security.
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Scottish hydro firm raises £51m of debt
20 March 2017Ancala Partners, a London-based infrastructure investment manager, has agreed a £51 million ($64 million) debt facility with Allied Irish Bank and ING to support a portfolio of hydropower assets in Scotland.
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TCFD: A full disclosure
20 March 2017Will the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) report change the landscape for investors, asks Hamza Ali
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Chinese green bond indexes launched
20 March 2017A series of indexes tracking both labelled and unlabelled Chinese green bonds has been launched, and will be listed on the Shenzhen and Luxembourg stock exchanges.