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WCI Carbon Market Update, 13 January 2020
13 January 2020Sentiment in the market for California Carbon Allowances remains bullish and the activity of financial sector participants could be critical, says Nicolas Girod.*
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S&P Global completes RobecoSAM ratings unit acquisition
13 January 2020S&P Global has completed its acquisition of the environmental, social and governance ratings unit from RobecoSAM for an undisclosed sum.
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MSCI warns real estate investors of 2020 'brown discount' risk
13 January 2020MSCI has warned investors in real estate that this year is likely to see increased risk of a hit to carbon-intensive assets, rather than a 'premium' for more environmentally sustainable assets.
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Church of England backs fossil fuel resolution by Barclays' shareholders
13 January 2020The Church Commissioners for England has announced it plans to vote in favour of a shareholder resolution calling on Barclays to phase out its financing for fossil fuel firms.
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Denham Capital invests $250m in Latin American energy firm
13 January 2020Energy-focused private equity firm Denham Capital has committed an investment of $250 million to Latin American power firm Ceiba Energy.
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EIB's latest climate action bond is 'first to align with EU Taxonomy'
13 January 2020The European Investment Bank (EIB) claims it has become the first green bond issuer to align its issuance framework with the proposed EU Sustainability Taxonomy.
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Target setting in sustainability-linked loans: ambition, not afterthought
13 January 2020To protect the integrity of the sustainability-linked loan market, we need to ensure sustainability performance targets are negotiated and not tendered, argues Daniel Shurey
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EU proposes looser green assets threshold for fund EcoLabel
10 January 2020The EU has proposed to significantly lower the green assets threshold needed for equity funds to qualify for its planned EcoLabel, after initial proposals were deemed "too ambitious".
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SustainAbility awarded Commission contract for ESG ratings research
10 January 2020SustainAbility was awarded a €224,000 ($249,000) contract by the European Commission to undertake a study on environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings and research.
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MSCI launches two ESG corporate bond indexes
10 January 2020New York-listed financial data firm MSCI has launched two corporate bond indexes weighted according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations.