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  • Sustainable forestry firm attracts Japanese investor

    29 February 2016

    A major Japanese investor has taken a significant stake in a sustainable forestry management company.

  • Low-carbon index space gets latest addition

    29 February 2016

    A family of low-carbon indexes has been launched, which claim to reduce the carbon footprint of a portfolio by more than 80% while outperforming the market.

  • Hannon Armstrong upbeat about its prospects

    26 February 2016

    Low-carbon investor Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) said it has "never been more optimistic" about its growth potential, despite a fall in fourth quarter earnings per share.

  • EF BRIEFS: Triodos Bank, SolarCity, Ontario cap-and-trade

    26 February 2016

    Dutch ethical bank Triodos has grown its assets under management (AUM) by 16% in 2015, to €12.3 billion ($13.5 billion).

  • Are investors beginning to pay up for green bonds?

    26 February 2016

    Are the occasional pieces of evidence that green bonds price differently to their mainstream equivalents a sign of things to come, asks Hamza Ali

  • German Finance Ministry launches inquiry into climate change risks

    26 February 2016

    The German Finance Ministry has commissioned a report looking at the risks that climate change poses to the country's financial market.

  • Platform launched to raise private investment for African renewables

    26 February 2016

    A platform has been launched to help attract private finance for small-scale renewables projects in sub-Saharan Africa.

  • Zevin plans T Rowe Price proxy after Franklin Templeton setback

    26 February 2016

    Zevin Asset Management is calling on T Rowe Price to update its proxy voting policy to give more consideration to climate risk.

  • Shareholders hit back at ExxonMobil over climate change disclosure

    25 February 2016

    A group of ExxonMobil shareholders, including the New York Common Retirement Fund, have hit back at ExxonMobil after the oil major attempted to dismiss their resolution over climate disclosure.

  • Gold Standard and AkzoNobel issue first carbon credits

    25 February 2016

    Chemicals giant AkzoNobel and carbon offset specialist Gold Standard have issued the first batch of carbon credits under a landmark scheme for reducing carbon emissions in shipping.