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Co-op to offset customers' carbon
23 February 2017Co-op Insurance has introduced a carbon offset programme for its new motor and home insurance customers as standard, in a move it claims is a UK first.
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QTC mandates three banks for inaugural green bond
23 February 2017The Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) has mandated three banks to roadshow its inaugural green bond announced last week.
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The Art of the Green Deal
22 February 2017The following describes a hypothetical U.S. government policy nicknamed the "Big Green Bond Program" based on U.S. President Donald Trump's chronicled approaches to conducting business. The policy is designed to position this new government (sovereign) bond program to meet the growing need to finance domestic green infrastructure.
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CDP and French Government to assess low-carbon transition readiness
22 February 2017CDP – formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project – and the French government have partnered in a new initiative to assess company readiness for the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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Green bond round-up, 22 February 2017
22 February 2017National Australia Bank (NAB) is looking to issue, a euro-denominated green bond, its second offering.
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Sandor reflects on development of environmental markets
22 February 2017Richard Sandor, a pioneer of environmental markets, has published a collection of articles recounting the development of carbon trading in the US, Europe and China and similar markets for combatting acid rain and improving water quality.
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China dominates new Clean200 list ahead of US
22 February 2017Companies based in China form over a third of an updated list of 200 clean energy companies compiled by Canadian research firm Corporate Knights and US non-profit As You Sow.
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UK pensions face biggest ESG risk from climate change
21 February 2017Physical climate change risks caused by energy use and greenhouse gas emissions have an effect on more industries than any other environmental, social and governance (ESG) issue in a typical UK pension scheme's defined-contribution (DC) default fund portfolio, according to a new report
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Folksam raises green bond investment limit
21 February 2017Swedish insurance and pension provider Folksam has raised its green bond investment limit to SEK12 billion ($1.3 billion) having already invested SEK7 billion in the asset class.
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HSBC tightens policy on palm oil financing
21 February 2017HSBC has pledged to tighten its policy on financing palm oil companies, to help improve the sustainability of the industry.