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French firm launches zero-carbon global equity fund
24 July 2015La Francaise Inflection Point (LFIP) has launched a global equities fund designed to deliver "superior risk-adjusted returns and net carbon emissions of zero – or better".
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Canadian Solar secures C$52.8m from Manulife
22 July 2015Canadian Solar has secured a C$52.8 million (US$40.8 million) loan from financial services firm Manulife to help it build a new project.
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Climate Bonds Initiative to revamp its standards
17 July 2015The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) is set to relaunch its green bond standards in a move it claims will boost investor confidence in the market.
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RET Capital makes its debut in wind with $239m financing deal
15 July 2015Renewable Energy Trust (RET) Capital has branched out into the wind sector after closing a $238.6 million financing package for an operating site in California.
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Northern Trust wins ESG fixed income mandate
14 July 2015Northern Trust has been awarded a fixed income mandate with environmental, social and governance (ESG) exclusions by New Zealand's NZ$29 billion ($19.5 billion) sovereign wealth fund.
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People Moves
10 July 2015A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at Senvion, Hannon Armstrong and Abengoa
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$531.8bn of green bonds remain unlabelled, says research
08 July 2015The green bond market would be $531.8 billion larger if all eligible bonds were labelled, according to the latest figures on the market.
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EAPF names sustainable equity mandate winners after extensive search
02 July 2015The UK's Environment Agency pension fund (EAPF) has selected four asset managers for its global sustainability equity mandate after a wide-ranging search.
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Under scrutiny: green bond impact reporting
01 July 2015Issuers' reports on the environmental impact of their green bonds range from a few paragraphs on hard-to-find webpages to 80-page documents. But, given the costs and assumptions involved, some question whether more is necessarily better. Graham Cooper reports
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Quotes of the Quarter
26 June 2015Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the second quarter of 2015.