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EF BRIEFS: Swedish real estate green bond; Greencoat equity raise
18 November 2016A Swedish real estate firm has returned to the green bond market with its third and largest offering, raising SEK700 million ($76 million).
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S&P green bond evaluation tool to launch 'early next year'
18 November 2016S&P Global Ratings, formerly known as Standard & Poor's, will launch its green bond evaluation tool early next year, after beefing up its methodology for adaptation technologies, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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COP Blog: Investing in a lower carbon economy - a year after Paris
17 November 2016Northern Trust
World leaders and scientists are in Morocco at COP22 this week to follow up on the historic climate change agreement a year ago in Paris to reduce carbon emissions. Do environmental, social and governance (ESG) investors know enough now to position portfolios for a lower carbon global economy? -
COP Blog: Getting private investors on board for climate finance
17 November 2016European Investment Bank
Here at COP22 in Marrakesh in the blue and green zones where ministers, financiers, climate experts NGOs and multinationals mingle, the talk is all about how to implement the Paris Agreement - and raise the required financing for low-carbon and adaptation projects. -
Carbon needs to decline by 2020 to meet Paris target, says IEA
17 November 2016Carbon emissions from the energy sector need to peak and start to decline by 2020 to stick to the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global temperature increase to 2°, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
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Most investors lack understanding of ESG impact, says RBC GAM
17 November 2016The financial impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors is not understood by most investors, according to RBC Global Asset Management (GAM).
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Morocco's sovereign wealth fund and World Bank launch Green Africa Fund
17 November 2016Ithmar Capital, Morocco's sovereign wealth fund, and the World Bank have signed an agreement to launch what they claim is the first pan-African green investment fund.
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GIB issues first Green Bond appraisal
16 November 2016Moroccan lender Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) is the first green bond issuer to use the Green Investment Bank's (GIB) Green Impact Report appraisal.
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COP Blog: Tackling land degradation offers new opportunities for investors
16 November 2016Mirova
It is estimated that two billion hectares of land are already degraded worldwide, and we continue to degrade another 12 million hectares of productive land every year. -
Green bond proposed for flood prevention in UK
16 November 2016Green bonds could be an efficient, cost effective, way to fund flood protection measures in the UK county of Cumbria, advocates say.