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Renewables attract growing interest from institutional investors, says Aquila
20 February 2019Institutional investors' average portfolio exposure to renewable infrastructure has jumped to 3.6% from 2% in 2016, according to a survey commissioned by Aquila Capital.
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Clean energy tipping points 'can accelerate by years when using concessional finance'
20 February 2019Tipping points at which clean energy outpaces fossil fuel energy could move substantially ahead by two or more years when concessional finance is applied, a report said.
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M&G tackles impact investing in public equity markets
20 February 2019Less than 12 months after launching its Impact Financing fund (LINK) for the private debt market, UK asset manager M&G Investments is now tackling the same issue via the public equity market.
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French funds dominate top 10 European funds for climate performance
19 February 2019French funds dominate a list of the top ten European equity funds for climate performance.
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Investors urge steel sector to increase low-carbon tech spend
19 February 2019A network of investors with more than $32 trillion in assets says it expects companies in the highly polluting steel sector to significantly increase spending on new technologies if they are to survive the energy transition.
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EU Weekly Carbon market update, 19 February 2019
19 February 2019The bears are out in force and a further fall in the EUA price is likely, says Louis Redshaw.
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PRI to make TCFD reporting mandatory
18 February 2019The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is to make the kind of reporting recommended by the Task Force on Climate-related Disclosures (TCFD) mandatory from 2020.
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Investors must step up climate risk engagement, says Australian NGO
18 February 2019Investors are being urged "to drastically increase the ambition and impact of their corporate engagement programmes" in Australia as regulators "have taken no action to enforce corporate disclosure laws when it comes to climate risk".
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ISS snaps up Australian ESG research firm
18 February 2019Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has returned to the acquisition trail with the purchase of CAER, a provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research on Australasian companies.
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Chinese institutions warned of mounting environmental litigation risk
18 February 2019Chinese financial institutions are likely to face greater risk of litigation on environmental issues this year, Beijing-based consultancy SynTao Green Finance has warned.