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Deals of the Year 2017
30 June 2017Environmental Finance's 10th annual Deals of the Year awards are all about opportunities – investments flowing into businesses that are aligned with the low-carbon economy or are part of solutions to the problem of climate change.
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Solar 2017: Vela Energy project bond
30 June 2017Vela Energy's issue of the largest ever European solar photovoltaic (PV) project bond, which raised €404 million ($453 million), is a story of overcoming policy risk to tap into a market with great potential.
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Wind 2017: Khalladi Wind Project
30 June 2017Developer Acwa Power's 120MW Khalladi Wind Project in Morocco will sell 80% of the power it produces to three large cement companies.
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People moves: GIIN, CMIA, Church Commissioners, GCF
30 June 2017The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has promoted Giselle Leung to managing director.
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Report points to difficulties in assessing insurance impact of climate change
30 June 2017The build-up of greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere is expected to lead to more frequent and intense weather events, but there remains a good deal of uncertainty about the forecasts, according to AIR Worldwide.
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Mirova to buy Althelia Ecosphere
29 June 2017Sustainable investment specialist Mirova has agreed to buy conservation finance specialist Althelia Ecosphere as it looks to gain a leadership position in natural capital, which it describes as "the next frontier of impact investment".
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Mark Carney: It doesn't matter whether the G20 supports the TCFD
29 June 2017The recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) will gain traction even if they are not officially backed by the G20, Mark Carney has claimed.
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Link remuneration to climate risk, says TCFD
29 June 2017A key update in the final recommendations of the Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is a call to link climate-related risks and disclosure play in remunerations.
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Final TCFD report supported by investors with $25trn
29 June 2017The Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has released its final report, with the public support of investors with roughly $25 trillion in assets under management. Other businesses with a combined market capitalisation of approximately $3.5 trillion have also supported the recommendations.
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WHEB to manage Australian sustainability fund
29 June 2017WHEB Asset Management will take over the management of an Australian sustainability fund.