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ABP to double sustainable investments by 2020
16 October 2015Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds (ABP), the third-largest pension fund in the world, has pledged to double its sustainable investments in an overhaul of its responsible investment strategy.
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Growing the corporate green bond market
16 October 2015The enormous potential of companies to tap the green bond market has yet to be realised. Sophie Robinson-Tillett asks why
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SMBC becomes Japan's first corporate green bond issuer
16 October 2015Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has become Japan's first corporate green bond issuer with its inaugural $500 million offering.
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DBJ prices €300m sustainability bond
16 October 2015Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) has issued a €300 million ($340 million) 'sustainability bond' that will help finance efficient buildings and loans to green companies.
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Impax sells wind farm portfolio to ERG Renew
15 October 2015Impax Asset Management is to sell a 206MW portfolio of French and German wind farms to ERG Renew.
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DC Water green bond raises $100m
15 October 2015District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) has raised $100 million in its second green bond, announced last month.
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Eiris downgrades VW
14 October 2015Volkswagen (VW) has been downgraded by environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating firm EIRIS, owing to its "egregious" emissions scandal, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Jessica Robinson to head up PRI in Asia
14 October 2015The Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) and the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) have joined forces in a move that will see ASrIA CEO Jessica Robinson run the PRI's Asian operations.
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Voting open in the 16th Environmental Finance Annual Market Rankings
14 October 2015Voting has opened in the Environmental Finance Annual Market Rankings – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.
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New York's clean energy catalyst
14 October 2015The state's 'green bank' is poised to help scale up clean energy investment and has even asked for its own borrowing powers. Its President, Alfred Griffin, talks to Peter Cripps