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  • Axa IMRA expands forestry portfolio with €21.5 million purchase

    13 October 2016

    Axa Investment Managers - Real Assets (Axa IMRA) has acquired a 958-hectare forest in France, known as Domaine de Saint Augustin, for €21.5 million ($23.7 million).

  • Free tool launched for measuring a fund's carbon footprint

    13 October 2016

    A free online tool that measures the carbon intensity of investment funds, has been launched by US-based NGO As You Sow.

  • Italy joins list of countries planning sovereign green bonds

    12 October 2016

    Italy has joined the plethora of countries lining up to issue sovereign green bonds.

  • EU ETS fails to curb cement sector emissions, says think tank

    12 October 2016

    The carbon intensity of the cement industry in the European Union has increased since the launch of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) in 2005, said environmental think tank Sandbag.

  • EF BRIEFS: Doughty Hanson, LM Wind Power, GE; Impax AUM

    12 October 2016

    Doughty Hanson, a UK-based private equity firm, has agreed to sell its stake of about 97% in LM Wind Power, a leading maker of rotor blades for wind turbines, to GE of the US.

  • Infrastructure investors 'still not reporting environmental metrics'

    12 October 2016

    Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are being increasingly incorporated into infrastructure investment, but environmental data is still not being widely reported.

  • Blowing in the right direction

    12 October 2016

    As the European offshore market continues to mature, Hamza Ali explores the financing trends that are driving down costs

  • ESG criteria helps asset managers preserve fees, says Moody's

    12 October 2016

    Growing demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies is allowing active asset managers preserve fees at a time where they have come under increasing pressure from passive investment strategies, according to a report.

  • Energy efficiency investments up 6% in 2015, despite lower fuel costs

    11 October 2016

    Global investment in energy efficiency reached $221 billion last year, an increase of 6% on 2014, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

  • Investors spell out climate change expectations of auto sector

    11 October 2016

    A wish list of measures that investors want automotive companies to take in response to climate change has been published by a group of leading institutions representing assets of more than $24 trillion.