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France plans further €5bn of green bonds for transport projects
30 July 2018The French government has further underlined its commitment to green bonds with the launch of a €5 billion ($5.9 billion) 'green Euro medium term note programme' to finance transport projects in the greater Paris region
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Japan's Sparx attracts ¥47bn for renewables fund
30 July 2018Japanese fund manager Sparx Asset Trust & Management, which oversees some ¥1,122 trillion ($10 billion), has announced the final close of its renewable energy brownfield fund, 'Sparx Renewable Energy Brown Fund No. 1'.
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Will TCFD boost demand for weather hedging?
30 July 2018Growing pressure on companies and investors to disclose the potential impact of climate-change could lead to more use of weather risk management contracts, some analysts believe. Graham Cooper reports
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Octopus in £174m refinancing of biomass and landfill gas portfolio
30 July 2018Octopus Investments has completed a £174 million ($230 million) refinancing of the largest independent portfolio of biomass and landfill gas projects in the UK.
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US withdrawal from Paris accord lifts voluntary carbon market, say analysts
30 July 2018The volume of credits issued and retired in the voluntary carbon market reached record highs in 2017 and remained at similar levels in the first quarter of this year, according to a recent survey.
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Lekela seals financial close of Senegal’s first utility-scale wind farm
30 July 2018Renewables platform Lekela Power has reached financial close for the first ever utility-scale wind project in Senegal.
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Candriam warns EU of low-carbon benchmark perils
30 July 2018Luxembourg-based asset manager Candriam has warned the European Commission against being too narrow in its efforts to improve the sustainability profile of benchmark indexes.
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Don't regulate us on climate change, say insurers
27 July 2018Watchdogs should not create a separate sphere of rules for insurers to combat the risks of climate change, underwriters have told the peak global supervisory association.
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First resource efficiency-themed absolute return fund launched
27 July 2018A fund due to launch next week claims to be the first absolute return fund to be based on the theme of resource efficiency.
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People Moves: New York State Common Retirement Fund, 2° Investing Initiative, MSCI and ClimateWise
27 July 2018Anastasia Titarchuk has been announced as interim CIO of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, replacing Vicki Fuller who will retire next week after six years of service.