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  • ABN Amro claims first 'sustainable shipping loan'

    25 January 2016

    A €66 million ($71 million) loan structured by ABN Amro for Dutch shipping company Anthony Veder, has been hailed as the first sustainable shipping loan.

  • Axa predicts divestment argument to heat up in 2016

    22 January 2016

    More investors are likely to divest their holdings in fossil fuel companies as the movement "accelerates" in 2016, predicts Axa Investment Managers (IM).

  • EF BRIEFS: Capstone, PRI, Juwi, KfW, Gothaer

    22 January 2016

    Canadian renewables operator Capstone Infrastructure – formerly known as the Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund – will be acquired by a London-based fund in a $480 million deal.

  • Q&A with Martin Skancke on the FSB's task force

    22 January 2016

    The PRI's chairman talks to Environmental Finance about the important role of the group.

  • A risky business: making the most out of climate change

    22 January 2016

    Zurich's Cecilia Reyes tells Sophie Robinson-Tillett why climate change is top of her agenda, and how the insurance giant is dealing with the risks and opportunities it presents.

  • FSB reveals big hitters behind new climate change task force

    22 January 2016

    The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has named the members of its new climate change working group.

  • Chinese bank to issue RMB50bn in green bonds

    21 January 2016

    A Chinese commercial bank has gained regulatory approval to issue up to RMB50 billion ($7.6 billion) of green bonds, according to a document filed with the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

  • 'Toolkit' launched to help conservation finance scale up

    20 January 2016

    Green bonds issued by sovereigns to finance environmental conservation, and closed-ended funds focusing on assets such as sustainable timber, are among the products that can help the conservation finance market reach up to $200-$400 billion by 2020, according to a new report.

  • Conservation Finance - From Niche to Mainstream

    Credit Suisse: The Building of an Institutional Asset Class

  • EF BRIEFS: Exxon, FIM, SunEdison, Hareon, SPI, CTX

    20 January 2016

    A group of institutional investors with $300 billion under management is calling on ExxonMobil to prove its resilience in the face of the Paris Agreement on climate change.