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Foresight launches UK fund to exploit infrastructure opportunity
04 December 2017A fund looking to exploit the 'stable and predictable demand' in UK renewable energy and infrastructure investments, with a target size of £100 million ($135 million), has been launched by Foresight Group.
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Index ranking green financial centres due to launch in Q1 2018
04 December 2017An attempt to rank financial centres according to their contribution to green finance is being launched by Brussels-based NGO Finance Watch and the London-based Long Finance initiative.
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NY Green Bank issues RfP to advise on $1bn fundraise
04 December 2017New York Green Bank took a step closer towards its plan to raise at least $1 billion from private investors, after it issued a Request for Proposals (RfP) to evaluate strategies for raising, investing and managing the capital.
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Green bond market sees another record month
01 December 2017The booming green bond market scaled fresh heights in November, which saw $16.7 billion of issues, setting a new monthly record.
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People moves: Carbon Tracker, Allianz, WWF, Sustineri, BMO
01 December 2017Carbon Tracker Initiative has appointed Hermes Investment Management's chief executive Saker Nusseibeh as non-executive chairman.
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EIB and five development banks launch Marguerite II with a war chest of over €700m
01 December 2017A new pan-European fund to support infrastructure investments in renewables, energy and transport has been launched by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and five national promotional banks (NPBs).
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Macquarie negotiating debt deal in world's largest biomass plant
01 December 2017Macquarie Group is understood to be in discussions with a consortium of Korean investors to introduce mezzanine debt to the construction of the world's largest biomass power plant.
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UK's Brunel Pension Partnership joins IIGCC
01 December 2017The Brunel Pension Partnership has become the first of the UK's eight pooled local government pension schemes to join the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).
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US food companies must do more to prevent 'antibiotics apocalypse'
01 December 2017Investors are beginning to wake up to the dangers posed by antibiotic immunity, argues Maria Lettini
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Banks 'should disclose how loans impact SDGs'
30 November 2017Banks should regularly report on what kind of companies they are lending money to, and how these loans impact the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, the UK head of Triodos Bank has argued.