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Swiss Re sets thermal coal re/insurance threshold
02 July 2018Swiss Re will, from today, no longer provide re/insurance services to businesses with more than 30% exposure to thermal coal. The group already applies the same 30% threshold to the asset side of its balance sheet.
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Avangrid negotiates sustainability-linked credit facility
02 July 2018Avangrid, a diversified US energy company, has agreed a $2.5 billion credit facility whose pricing will be determined by its success in reducing its carbon emissions.
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SUSI renewables fund backs Norwegian wind project
02 July 2018The €382 million ($445 million) SUSI Renewable Energy Fund II has bought an 80% equity stake in a 208MW wind energy project in Norway, for an undisclosed sum.
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QMA to launch ESG quant solution based on SASB standards
29 June 2018QMA Research, a quantitative investing solutions provider, is to launch its first strategies specialising environmental, social, governance (ESG) quant investing later this year.
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People Moves: BlackRock, Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions, AP4, ING, Lightsource BP, European Investment Bank, IIGCC, DNCA Finance and FRC
29 June 2018BlackRock has lost one of the leaders of its push into impact investing, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Big debate: Green bonds - nothing but hot air?
29 June 2018What is the purpose of green bonds? Can they be additional? Stan Dupre and Lars Eibeholm went head-to-head at Environmental Finance's Fixed Income & ESG conference, moderated by Tanguy Claquin
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S&P expects 'significant' growth of green covered bond issues
29 June 2018S&P Global Ratings sees a "significant" growth potential for the fledgling green covered bond market.
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NY Green Bank forges ahead with plans for $1bn fundraise
28 June 2018The NY Green Bank has moved forward in its effort to raise at least $1 billion from private investors following the appointment of a strategic advisor.
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Green Bonds round-up, 27 June
27 June 2018KBC Group, a leading Belgian financial institution, has issued its first green bond – a five-year, €500 million ($600 million) transaction that was three-times oversubscribed.
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73% of German insurers' investments are 'sustainable'
27 June 2018Almost half want to make more ESG allocations