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UK Environment Agency pension fund points to longer term success after annual underperformance
19 July 2017The UK Environment Agency Pension Fund's (EAPF) multi-asset 'active' fund last year underperformed its benchmarks by 1.6 percentage points, but it pointed to its longer term outperformance as evidence of the success of its strategy.
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Green bond round-up, 19 July 2017
19 July 2017Brookfield Renewable Partners, a Canadian clean energy company, has issued its inaugural green bond, raising $475 milllion.
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Investors and industry hail extension of California carbon market
19 July 2017A bipartisan vote to extend California's cap-and-trade carbon market to 2030 has been welcomed by a range of investors and industries.
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The big debate: A carbon tax or carbon trading?
19 July 2017The Paris Agreement saw governments aim to reduce warming to below 2°C. But is carbon trading or a carbon tax the best policy instrument to reduce emissions?
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BlackRock UK renewables fund passes £1bn in commitments
18 July 2017BlackRock has raised an additional £475 million ($618 million) for its Renewable Income UK (RIUK) fund, increasing total commitments to £1.1 billion.
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Spain's BBVA agrees green loan for Uruguay transmission project
18 July 2017Spanish bank BBVA has agreed to provide a $25 million 'green loan' to Italian energy company Terna to help it connect renewable energy projects in Uruguay to the national grid.
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EU carbon market weekly update - 17 July 2017
17 July 2017Warm weather in Europe, combined with stronger power prices and clean-dark spreads, should help combat the impact of high EUA auction volumes this week, says Louis Redshaw.
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'Bring it on': California commissioner bullish on fossil fuel divestment
17 July 2017Commissioner Dave Jones was threatened with legal action from 12 Republican attorney generals who oppose his fossil fuel investments disclosure initiative. The threats appear to have spurred Jones on, however. Callum Tanner reports
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Climate change is not priced-in, warns Schroders
17 July 2017The impacts of climate change are not adequately 'priced in' to companies' valuations, creating enormous financial risks and opportunities, Schroders has warned.
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European energy efficient mortgage trial to sign up additional banks
17 July 2017The Energy efficient Mortgages Action Plan (EeMAP) is to recruit additional banks to its trial aiming to develop a standardised mortgage product for use across Europe.