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PKA divests from five oil companies, considers 44 more
18 April 2017Danish Pension fund PKA has divested from five Canadian oil companies over concerns they are at risk of devaluation amid from attempts to tackle climate change.
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EU carbon market weekly update - 18 April 2017
18 April 2017As expected, EUA prices moved sideways last week amid muted trading, as the Easter holidays approached.
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Union Investment's green bond fund to exclude poor ESG performers
18 April 2017Union Investment's new green bond fund will not buy paper from issuers that fail to meet its environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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Investors start to weigh water risks
18 April 2017Investor interest in corporate water risk is increasing fast. A range of tools and services are being developed to help companies respond. Graham Cooper reports
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Fall in clean energy investment due, in part, to better technology - BNEF
13 April 2017Clean energy investments continued to fall in the first quarter of 2017, partly driven by their falling capital costs as the technology gets better according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).
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People Moves: IDDRI, Gold Standard, GIIN
13 April 2017David Levai has replaced Thomas Spencer as director of energy and climate at the Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations' (IDDRI).
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CTX to sell UN voluntary carbon credits
13 April 2017The Carbon Trade Exchange (CTX) will now list UN Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) as part of the Climate Neutral Now initiative.
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SDCL to launch two funds following court GIB decision
12 April 2017Sustainable Development Capital Ltd (SDCL) is to launch two new funds following a high court decision rejecting its challenge of the UK government's decision to award Australian bank Macquarie Capital preferred bidder status for the sale of the Green Investment Bank (GIB).
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Green bond round-up, 12 April 2017
12 April 2017Pace finance providers Renovate America and Ygrene are set to issue green bonds this quarter Environmental Finance understands.
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Investors develop guidance on meeting TCFD recommendations
12 April 2017Advice on how institutional investors should disclose the impact of climate change on their portfolios has been issued by a group of asset owners and managers from Asia and Australia.