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HSBC tightens policy on palm oil financing
21 February 2017HSBC has pledged to tighten its policy on financing palm oil companies, to help improve the sustainability of the industry.
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Women-led $250m conservation fund launched
21 December 2016US-based impact investment advisor AlphaSource has launched what it claims is the "world's first women-led climate change impact fund".
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Database reveals financiers behind tropical deforestation projects
06 September 2016At least $38 billion of loans and underwriting facilities were provided, between 2010 and 2015, to the forestry operations of the 50 companies most involved in commodities responsible for tropical deforestation in southeast Asia.
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Counting the cost of low pellet prices
17 August 2016The use of biomass for power generation is increasing rapidly. But low pellet prices could threaten security of supply, warns Cindy Dawes
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Talanx makes first solar investment
09 August 2016Insurer Talanx and commercial bank Nord LB have loaned €85.5 million ($95 million) to refinance two German solar farms - marking the insurer's first foray into the solar market.
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Insurance industry takes two-track approach to forestry investment
14 July 2016Big insurers want to avoid correlation with natural catastrophe liabilities while smaller players dodge political risk
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EF BRIEFS: Alperia, Canadian Solar, NextEnergy
11 July 2016Italian electricity utility Alperia has issued its first green bond, for a total of €225 million ($249 million). A further issue, of €150 million, is expected by the end of 2016, the company said.
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Sustainable forestry - a budding market
10 March 2016Investors are increasingly seeing the merits of sustainable forestry. There are numerous ways to invest in this asset class, as Peter Cripps reports
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$2bn committed to conservation in US
09 March 2016Private companies were among a raft of organisations to announce more than $2 billion of investments to protect land, water and wildlife in the US.
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Sustainable forestry firm attracts Japanese investor
29 February 2016A major Japanese investor has taken a significant stake in a sustainable forestry management company.