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Susi Energy Storage Fund reaches €66m first close
03 April 2017Swiss asset manager Susi Partners has secured €66 million ($70 million) of investment at the first close of its energy storage fund.
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European Commission's sustainable finance committee targets investment chain transformation
03 April 2017The European Commission's High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance will focus on transforming the entire investment and lending chain into a sustainable financial system.
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Scaling up the energy efficiency market
03 April 2017Meeting the EU's ambitious 2030 target for energy efficiency improvements will require more private finance, better data and standardisation, reports Peter Cripps
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France propels green bond market to achieve record first quarter
03 April 2017A record breaking $25 billion of green bonds were issued in the first quarter of 2017, thanks in part to the mammoth €7 billion ($7.5 billion) sovereign green bond from France.
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CIP to invest $81m in US onshore wind farm
03 April 2017Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is set to make an $81 million equity investment in an onshore wind farm in the US.
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EDF and Amundi partner on energy efficiency fund
31 March 2017French utility Électricité de France (EDF)has partnered with Amundi to launch an energy efficiency fund targeting up to €2 billion ($2.14 billion.
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People Moves: BAML, CCC, Clean Energy Regulator
31 March 2017Bank of America Merrill Lynch has appointed Suzanne Buchta global head of green bonds, following the retirement of the head of the product solutions team Martin Mills, Environmental Finance understands.
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Investa issues Australia's first corporate domestic green bond
31 March 2017Australian real estate operator Investa Office Fund (IOF) has issued the country's first corporate domestic green bond, raising AUD150 million ($115 million).
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Shareholders to march on AGM season buoyed by Paris & TCFD
31 March 2017With more than 100 environmental shareholder resolutions already filed, it is financial firms as well as the oil & gas majors that are in the firing line, reports Joe Walsh
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Carbon pricing needed for post-EU UK
30 March 2017A robust carbon pricing mechanism needs to be the principal driver of decarbonisation for the UK as it leaves the EU, according to the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).