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  • Energy-efficient property fund thumps benchmark for three years running

    04 November 2015

    Columbia Threadneedle's Low Carbon Workplace Fund has outperformed its benchmark by an average of 5.3 percentage points over the past three years.

  • Time is running out to vote in the 16th Environmental Finance Annual Market Rankings

    04 November 2015

    There are only a few days left to vote in the Environmental Finance Annual Market Rankings – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.

  • BlackRock warns on stranded assets

    04 November 2015

    BlackRock has warned that companies with high-cost fossil fuel reserves are at risk of being devalued, adding that "climate change has arrived as an investment issue".

  • S&P expands low-carbon indexes with three Canadian additions

    03 November 2015

    S&P Dow Jones Indices has partnered with the Toronto Stock Exchange to launch three climate change indexes for Canada.

  • The UK renewables industry needs support, not knee-jerk cuts

    03 November 2015

    The UK's renewables sector has been hit by a series of hostile policy changes. But the industry needs stability and support to encourage investment, argues Charles Yates

  • Statoil invests $236m in floating wind farm

    03 November 2015

    Statoil's clean energy subsidiary, New Energy Solutions (NES), has invested NOK2 billion ($236 million) in an experimental floating wind farm.

  • GCL-Poly issues RMB1bn corporate bond

    03 November 2015

    Hong Kong-listed solar panel manufacturer GCL-Poly Suzhou has issued a RMB1 billion ($157.8 million) corporate bond, to refinance its existing debt.

  • Camco underlines energy storage focus with name change

    03 November 2015

    Camco Clean Energy plans to change its name to RedT Energy, to underline its new focus on commercialising the RedT energy storage system.

  • ESG-themed listed equities fund launched in the UK

    02 November 2015

    Asset manager Columbia Threadneedle Investments has expanded its environmental social and governance (ESG) fund range, with a fund for UK-listed equities.

  • Goldman to invest $150bn in clean energy by 2025

    02 November 2015

    ​Goldman Sachs has set itself a $150 billion clean energy investment target, as it said environmental issues have become a core part of its business.