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Total secures shareholder backing for controversial climate strategy

Manager of new green bond fund to be announced next month

A French pension scheme is expected to announce a €350 million ($400 million) green bond fund in mid-August, Environmental Finance has learned.

Green bond comment, March 2017

The rising tide of green bond funds is helping drive the market to new records, says Hamza Ali

France's sovereign green bond could reach €13bn this year

The French Treasury has issued a mammoth €7 billion ($7.5 billion) green sovereign bond, which is almost twice the size of the previous largest green bond and could be increased to €13 billion later this year.

Investors with €5trn of assets call for halt to arctic oil drilling

A group of institutional investors, representing €5 trillion ($5.52 trillion) of assets under management, have called for a "permanent moratorium" on arctic oil drilling.

Aviva earmarks two coal companies for divestment

Aviva has earmarked two coal companies for "potential divestment", and is considering ditching eight others that are not responding to its requests for engagement.

Green bond fund reveals greenhouse gas savings

A major green bond fund estimates that every €1 million invested in the fund avoids, or prevents, emissions equivalent to 1,400 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

French pension scheme to launch green bond fund

A French public sector pension scheme is mulling the launch of the country's fifth dedicated green bond fund.