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EU carbon market weekly update - 12 June 2017
12 June 2017EU Allowance prices show no sign of breaking out of the €4.90 - €5.20 range this week, says Louis Redshaw.
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Consultation aims to strengthen finance sector guide on natural capital
12 June 2017Rory Sullivan and Mark Gough call for feedback on draft guidance which aims to help identify, measure and value natural capital within banking, investment and insurance activities
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Utilities that are renewables leaders have competitive advantage - S&P
12 June 2017European utilities companies that are market leaders in renewables have a clear competitive advantage as the sector transforms, according to a report by S&P.
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Investors dominate latest RGGI auction, as prices slip further
12 June 2017Carbon prices slipped to a new three-year low in the latest auction of emission allowances by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), with investment firms buying more than half of the allowances on offer.
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CalSTRS to sell remaining holdings in coal companies
12 June 2017The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) has committed to sell all of its remaining shares in companies that produce coal for power generation by 1 July.
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France taps its €7bn sovereign green bond, raising a further €1.6bn
09 June 2017The Republic of France has tapped its record breaking €7 billion ($7.9 billion) sovereign green bond, raising a further €1.632 billion.
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HSBC appoints Clarke as EMEA head of sustainable bonds
09 June 2017HSBC has appointed Victoria Clarke as head of sustainable bonds for debt capital markets in the Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
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North American electricity utilities trail European counterparts in transition to low-carbon economy
09 June 2017Electricity utilities are, on average, not reducing emissions fast enough to be in line with a scenario that would limit climate change to the Paris Agreement's 2°C target, a Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) study has found.
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Transition Pathway Initiative grows to £3trn of AUM
09 June 2017New investors have joined the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), which can now claim to be supported by £3 trillion ($3.88 trillion) of assets.
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Why asset owners should take heed of the transition to a low-carbon economy
08 June 2017Addressing the energy transition is a necessary long-term strategy, but it may throw up risks in the shorter-term as well, say Richard Folland and Shuen Chan