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People Moves - GIIN, A4S, Solactive
13 January 2017The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has recruited Ashley Elliot as global liaison for East Africa.
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Green bond market to reach $144bn in 2017, says report
13 January 2017The green bond market will see some $144 billion of issues in 2017, up 60% on last year, according to a new report.
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GIB's offshore wind fund passes £1bn in AUM with final investment
13 January 2017The Green Investment Bank's (GIB) offshore wind fund made its final investment, acquiring a 44% stake in Lincs offshore wind farm for £429 million ($524.4 million), to take its assets under management (AUM) to £1.12 billion.
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NN IP mulls ESG scoring for infrastructure investments
13 January 2017NN Investment Partners (IP) is considering scoring its infrastructure investments on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials.
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US carbon markets start the year at 'crossroads'
13 January 2017Both carbon markets in the US, the California Cap-and-Trade Program and the North East's Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), enter 2017 at a crossroads, according to one industry expert.
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Poland's green bond - Q&A with the Deputy Minister of Finance
13 January 2017Poland last month became the first sovereign green bond issuer, with a €750 million transaction. In this exclusive Q&A, Piotr Nowak explains some of the key points of the issue
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World Bank concludes PAF with $13m carbon auction
12 January 2017The World Bank concluded the pilot phase of its climate change auction initiative after it agreed to buy $13 million of carbon credits in a reverse auction.
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Conservation finance 'sees $8.2bn of private capital'
12 January 2017The private sector has committed $8.2 billion of capital into conservation investments between 2004 and 2015, a report has found, with "dramatic growth" coming in the last two years.
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Investors with assets worth over £2trn back transition to low-carbon economy
11 January 2017Eighteen institutional investors with assets totalling £2.07 trillion ($2.6 trillion) have launched an initiative to support the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) call for investors to assess whether their portfolio companies are positioning themselves to transition to a low-carbon economy.
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Environmental concerns dominate WEF's risk report
11 January 2017Environmental concerns are "more prominent than ever" in the annual catalogue of risks threatening the world, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).