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• Actuaries plan framework for how to contribute to SDGs

  10 January 2018

  Actuaries are planning to devise a framework for how they can contribute to the achievement of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• Comment: Assessing Nigeria's sovereign green bond

  10 January 2018

  Issuing its first sovereign green bond was a significant achievement for Africa's biggest economy, but it missed an opportunity to make a much bigger capital markets splash, argues Keith Mullin

• Lloyds Bank provides £50m 'green loan' to UK science parks

  10 January 2018

  Lloyds Bank will provide a £50 million ($67.5 million) 'green loan' to increase energy efficiency of buildings to UK science and technology park operator Manchester Science Partnerships (MSP).

• Foresight buys UK biomass plants with a view to international expansion

  10 January 2018

  London-based investment manager Foresight has acquired a portfolio of nine UK bioenergy plants, taking the output capacity of its waste-to-energy portfolio to about 137MW of clean energy.

• Unison joins the fossil fuel divestment campaign

  10 January 2018

  UK public services trade union Unison is campaigning for local government pension scheme (LGPS) funds to divest from fossil fuel companies.

• Environmental Finance Green Bond Awards open for entries

  10 January 2018

  Green bonds saw another year of record growth and Environmental Finance is calling for entries for its annual Green Bond Awards to honour the market leaders.

• SUSI fund finances lighting projects in Spain

  10 January 2018

  SUSI Energy Efficiency Fund (SEEF) has completed its third transaction in the Spanish market, financing energy-efficient lighting projects in Valencia and the Canaries.

• Impax assets surge to £8.2bn

  09 January 2018

  UK-based Impax Asset Management has continued its run of stellar growth, after its assets under management (AUM) surged to £8.2 billion ($11 billion), a quarter-on-quarter increase of 13%.

• Greensphere IPO expected in coming months

  08 January 2018

  Greensphere Capital Plc said its plans for an IPO are still "alive" after postponing the proposed London listing last month.

• UBS's new fund targets gender equality

  08 January 2018

  UBS has launched a fund that will invest in companies with a strong record in gender diversity and sustainability.