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Profile: Inflection Point's Carbon Zero strategy
04 July 2016Inflection Point's Carbon Zero strategy offers a way for investors to lower the carbon intensity of their portfolio, and has the potential to outperform. Taylor Telford reports
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Battery production poses fresh environmental risks to automakers' supply chains
04 July 2016While electric vehicles (EV) are set to have an important role to play in helping tackling climate change, their boom could cause its own environmental problems – through the mining of lithium for the batteries that power them.
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EF BRIEFS: IATA, DKB, Singapore Stock Exchange, Suzuki, TerraForm
03 June 2016The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is urging governments to introduce a single global carbon offset mechanism to help tackle aviation emissions.
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Singapore's Hyflux 'builds war chest' with four-times oversubscribed placement
18 May 2016Sustainable technology firm Hyflux has seen its latest institutional offering more than four-times oversubscribed – closing the deal early at S$165 million ($120 million).
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EF BRIEFS: Allianz; Electric car subsidy, US Clean Power Plan hearing postponed
18 May 2016Allianz Global Investors has acquired an onshore wind portfolio from the Dutch Infrastructure Fund (DIF).
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Norway's sovereign wealth fund to sue Volkswagen
16 May 2016Norway's $850 billion oil fund has told the media it will sue Volkswagen (VW) over last year's emissions test scandal.
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Consortium nets £1.3bn for UK offshore wind project in 'swift' fundraising round
13 May 2016Masdar, Statoil and Statkraft have bagged £1.3 billion ($1.9 billion) in project financing for a major offshore wind venture, saying the deal proves investor confidence in the sector.
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Vigeo Eiris 'severely' downgrades Mitsubishi Motors
25 April 2016Environmental social and governance (ESG) ratings agency Vigeo Eiris has 'severely' downgraded Mitsubishi Motors, after the latter admitted to falsifying the emissions tests of 625,000 vehicles.
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Investors urged to steer carefully around autos following Mitsubishi scandal
20 April 2016Investors were warned to be wary of the automobile sector after another major manufacturer was embroiled in an emissions scandal.
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EF BRIEFS: JLEN, Barclays, MUFJ, ACP
18 March 2016UK infrastructure fund JLEN has acquired a solar park and extended its revolving credit facility to £65 million ($90 million).