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EF BRIEFS: JLEN, Barclays, MUFJ, ACP
18 March 2016UK infrastructure fund JLEN has acquired a solar park and extended its revolving credit facility to £65 million ($90 million).
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China trials green bond segment on Shanghai stock exchange
18 March 2016China has made another move to develop its green bond market, launching a pilot initiative via the Shanghai stock exchange.
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Some US yieldcos 'to go bust', before sector becomes healthy
18 March 2016The US yieldco market will likely become smaller before it returns to health, according to one market watcher.
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PRI calls on asset owners to reflect ESG in their investment beliefs
17 March 2016Asset owners need to do more to reflect environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities in their investment beliefs and mandates, according to a report by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).
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More than one third of investors see sustainability as 'critical' in real estate, says report
17 March 2016Over a third of institutional investors consider sustainability to be "critical" when investing in property, according to a survey by the world's largest real estate investment manager.
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Reprieve for mandatory carbon reporting in UK budget announcement
16 March 2016The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer heeded calls from investors not to scrap mandatory carbon reporting in his budget announcement, but was criticised for "forgetting the climate change" in the rest of his policies.
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Will mandatory carbon reporting drive change?
16 March 2016On the day that the UK government heeded calls not to scrap mandatory carbon reporting, Roger Ponting and Rory Sullivan share the sobering findings of some research into the effect of the legislation
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EF BRIEFS: Senvion, Kommuninvest, BlackRock, IEA, Morgan Stanley, AMP Solar
16 March 2016German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has scrapped plans to float on Friday, citing market volatility.
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The world's first debt swap to protect oceans is 'model for conservation'
15 March 2016Africa's Seychelles has undertaken the "first ever debt swap aimed at ocean conservation and climate mitigation".
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Osborne urged not to scrap UK carbon reporting
14 March 2016UK Chancellor George Osborne is considering scrapping the requirement for listed companies report on their carbon emissions, according to the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), which has urged him not to take this "valuable" information away from shareholders.