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EIB prices C$500m climate awareness bond
12 September 2016The European Investment Bank (EIB) has priced a C$500 million ($382 million) Climate Awareness Bond.
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PRI to expel poor performers
12 September 2016The Principles for Responsible Investment plans to name and shame the leaders and laggards among its signatories, as it enters its second decade. Graham Cooper reports
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E.On to outperform RWE under 2oC scenario, says Barclays
12 September 2016German power utility E.On would fare much better than its domestic rival RWE, if the world manages to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of restricting global warming to no more than 2oC.
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Nigeria joins race to issue sovereign green bond
12 September 2016The race become the first sovereign green bond issuer intensified as Nigeria said it plans to issue green bond.
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Iberdrola prices €700m green bond
12 September 2016Spanish utility Iberdrola has priced a €700 million ($785 million) green bond, issued as part of its "green" euro medium-term note (EMTN) programme, making it the biggest corporate issuer of green bonds so far this year.
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Allianz to put more than $200bn of assets under ESG scrutiny
12 September 2016Allianz plans to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into the assessment of more than $200 billion of assets, saying that the measures will help it boost investment returns.
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Hudson and Sky Solar buy renewable energy portfolio
12 September 2016US private equity firm Hudson Clean Energy Partners and project developer Sky Solar have made the first acquisition of their strategic partnership announced last year.
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S&P Global Ratings develops green bond and ESG assessment tools
09 September 2016S&P Global Ratings is developing a green bond evaluation tool, making it the latest in a series of players to launch a product to help investors quantify the green credentials of an issue.
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NTPC plans more green 'masala' bonds
09 September 2016India's National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) is planning more 'masala' bonds, possibly in the next eight to nine months.
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EF BRIEFS: Duke Energy, Statkraft, NEP
09 September 2016Norway's sovereign wealth fund has divested its holdings in US utility Duke Energy, pointing to the company's risk of "severe environmental damage".