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De Boer to head green growth body
03 March 2014Former UN climate chief Yvo de Boer is to take the helm of the Global Green Growth Institute, an international organisation set up by the Korean government in 2010.
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SunEdison agrees financing and imminent sale of first UK projects
03 March 2014SunEdison's first UK solar energy projects are due to be operational later this month, the US-based photovoltaics specialist said.
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Wind farm investments help drive healthy returns for PensionDanmark
27 February 2014PensionDanmark's pioneering investments in wind farms provided a return of 9.1% last year, underpinning a "very satisfactory" performance for the firm and offsetting the poor results from its bond portfolio.
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CDM must stop verifier exodus, warns new Executive Board member
26 February 2014The Clean Development Mechanism will struggle to recover if verifiers continue to leave the market, a new member of its oversight board has warned.
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Swedish insurer snaps up African green bond
24 February 2014SPP, a Swedish pensions and insurance provider owned by Storebrand, was the sole buyer of a SEK 1 billion ($153 million) green bond issue from the African Development Bank (AfDB).
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Unibail-Rodamco's €750m green bond 'could be first of many'
21 February 2014Commercial real estate company Unibail-Rodamco hopes to repeatedly tap the green bond market after its inaugural €750 million issue was more than three-times oversubscribed.
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ESG approach is compatible with smart beta strategies, says fund manager
17 February 2014Investors can incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations within a 'smart beta' strategy without incurring lower returns, says AXA Investment Managers.
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AXA IM to update its ESG framework for sovereign debt
13 February 2014AXA Investment Managers is to update its environmental, social and governance sovereign debt scoring framework.
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Rating agencies are 'not adequately taking ESG into account'
06 February 2014Credit rating agencies are currently failing to adequately take account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, a conference heard, with some market participants rating their performance as just three out of 10.
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$1.8bn coalition to divest from fossil fuels, reinvest in clean-tech
31 January 2014A coalition of philanthropic funds managing a combined $1.8 billion of assets committed to divest from fossil fuels and increase investments in "the clean energy economy", in the latest sign that the stranded assets movement is gaining momentum.