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  • Fidelity launches sustainable water and waste fund

    29 November 2018

    A fund to invest in sustainable water and waste management products has been launched by $411 billion investment manager Fidelity International.

  • Natixis Assurances to boost green assets to 10% of AuM

    29 November 2018

    French insurer Natixis Assurances is to increase the proportion of its investments that qualify as green to 10% of its total assets under management (AuM) by 2030.

  • Green Bonds round-up, 28 November

    28 November 2018

    France's state-owned postal company La Poste saw its inaugural €500 million ($564 million) green bond attract orders amounting to more than €2.1 billion.

  • EDF signs €4bn ESG-indexed revolving credit facility

    28 November 2018

    French electricity utility EDF has signed a green revolving credit facility (RCF) worth €4 billion ($4.5 billion), for which the payments will depend on sustainability-related performance indicators.

  • Large food brands’ reporting failure raises their climate risk, says Ceres

    28 November 2018

    The majority of the largest food and drinks brands in the US and Canada currently fail to report on emissions from their supply chain, raising their exposure to climate-related risk, Ceres has said.

  • European Commission's TEG to issue first draft of taxonomy, and call for more experts

    28 November 2018

    A first draft of the EU's taxonomy of climate mitigation activities will be unveiled next week, probably on Tuesday.

  • Aviva and L&G invest more than £750m in world's largest wind farm

    28 November 2018

    Aviva Investors and Legal & General Investment Managers – Real Assets (LGIM RA) have lent more than £750 million ($957 million) to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) to purchase 50% of the UK's Hornsea One offshore wind farm.

  • French banks boost coal financing by 52% after COP21

    27 November 2018

    French banks have increased their coal financing by 52% following the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement.

  • EU carbon market update, 26 November 2018

    27 November 2018

    After last week's 5.5% rise in the EU Allowance price, the outlook remains bullish, but the market remains sensitive to Brexit developments, says Louis Redshaw.

  • UNEP FI calls for impact-focussed business models

    27 November 2018

    New business models which target social, economic and environmental impacts from the outset can help finance sustainable development at lower cost and with less risk than traditional approaches, according to a UN report.