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People moves: Legal & General Capital, Vigeo Eiris, Lekela and NIB
16 March 2018Legal & General Capital (LGC) has recruited former RBS group treasurer John Cummins as its managing director of urban regeneration and clean energy.
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SPP creates European fossil-free fund
16 March 2018Swedish pension provider SPP has created a European fossil-free fund to add to its existing portfolio of three climate funds.
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ISS expands ESG offering with Oekom acquisition
15 March 2018Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has continued to build out its capabilities in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) data arena, with the acquisition of Oekom Research, arguably the last of the independent second party opinion providers in the green bond market.
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$3trn of investors launch pilot group on TCFD
15 March 2018Nine investors representing around $3 trillion of assets have joined forces to promote climate transparency.
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London tops global index of green financial centres
15 March 2018London has been named the world's leading green finance centre, according to the first Global Green Finance Index (GGFI), although Paris, Frankfurt and New York are expected to quickly gain ground thanks to policy changes.
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Stimulating green finance in Africa
14 March 2018African countries have the potential to achieve their sustainability objectives through innovative funding of climate-change projects, including green bonds, say Mindy Hauman and Tallat Hussain
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Green bond round-up, 14 March 2018
14 March 2018The European Investment Bank (EIB), the biggest single issuer in the green bond market, has tapped two of its outstanding Climate Awareness Bonds (CAB) within days of each other.
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Australian carbon market lauded for 'full compliance' of largest carbon emitters
14 March 2018The first full year of reporting under Australia's national carbon emissions reduction scheme has been hailed a success after 100% of large emitters met their legislated limits.
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Energy storage fund targets £100m raise from London listing
14 March 2018An energy storage investment fund claiming to be the first of its kind in the UK plans to raise as much as £100 million ($140 million) from its initial public offering.
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Climatic Energy seeks to use green bonds to retrofit buildings in California
13 March 2018A newly founded company in California is preparing to use credit-enhanced green bonds to retrofit up to 100 commercial buildings to make them more energy efficient.