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Green bond funds poised to break through $2bn mark
28 July 2017The value of green bond funds is fast approaching the $2 billion mark after a spate of launches in the past two years, analysis by Environmental Finance has revealed.
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Union Investment grows sustainable funds to €30bn
26 July 2017German investment manager Union Investment has grown the assets in its sustainable funds to €30 billion ($34.9 billion), an increase of about €9 billion on 2016.
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German sustainability investors considering climate change doubles
31 May 2017The number of German sustainability-orientated investors considering climate change in their investment policies has more than doubled to 43%, up from 21% in 2016, according to a survey by Union Investment.
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KommuneKredit joins Scandi green bond party
24 May 2017Danish institution KommuneKredit has priced its inaugural green bond, making it the last of Scandinavian local government funding agencies to tap the market.
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Union Investment's green bond fund to exclude poor ESG performers
18 April 2017Union Investment's new green bond fund will not buy paper from issuers that fail to meet its environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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Green bond comment, March 2017
05 April 2017The rising tide of green bond funds is helping drive the market to new records, says Hamza Ali
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Union Investment set to launch green bond fund in April
06 March 2017German Asset manager Union Investment is set to launch a labelled green bond fund in April.
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Most investors fail to address climate change, despite awareness of risk
09 August 2016Two-thirds of European institutional investors believe that "the objective of reducing greenhouse gases will impact the capital markets," yet the same percentage fail to address climate protection in their investment guidelines, according to a recent survey.
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EAPF sets climate change goals for 2020
19 October 2015The UK's Environmental Agency's Pension Fund (EAPF) has updated its environmental policy, detailing how it will integrate climate change into investments decisions.
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NWB Bank issues largest SSA green bond of the year
27 August 2015Dutch public sector lender Nederlandse WaterschapsBank (NWB) has issued a €1 billion ($1.13 billion) green bond – the largest euro-denominated transaction of this kind to come out of a supranational, sub-sovereign and agency (SSA) this year.