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• Investors representing $6trn back climate change resolution at ExxonMobil

  13 April 2016

  Investors representing $6 trillion of assets under management (AUM) have thrown their weight behind a shareholder resolution demanding that ExxonMobil disclose the impact of climate change policy on its business.

• London stock exchange appoints David Harris to new sustainability position

  13 April 2016

  David Harris has been appointed to head up London Stock Exchange Group's sustainability efforts in addition to his duties at FTSE Russell.

• Size matters in carbon market link-ups, researchers say

  13 April 2016

  The economic benefits that would result from linking emissions trading regimes will vary significantly, depending on the size of the linked markets and their sensitivity to economic shocks, according to new academic research.

• Second Latin American development bank readies itself for green bond

  13 April 2016

  A Central American development bank is set to dip its toe in the green bond market with a roadshow across the UK and the US.

• MSCI, FTSE add to range of ESG indexes

  12 April 2016

  Two more indexes that aim to give institutional investors exposure to companies whose products and services address major environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges, have been launched by MSCI and FTSE Russell.

• Energy efficiency lending firm plans to issue $1.3bn of green ABS

  12 April 2016

  A firm that provides financing for US households to help them make energy and water efficiency upgrades aims to issue $1.3 billion of green-labelled asset backed securities (ABS) this year.

• UPDATED: Index provider and carbon firm consult on green bond 'impact' ratings

  11 April 2016

  An index provider and a carbon firm have joined forces to consult on a methodology for rating the 'green impact' of green bonds, Environmental Finance has learned.

• Macquarie and Santander get behind Foresight Solar Fund with £200m deal

  11 April 2016

  London-listed Foresight Solar Fund has bagged £200 million ($285 million) of backing from Macquarie and Santander.

• EU carbon market weekly update - 11 April 2016

  11 April 2016

  As predicted last week, carbon prices continued to rise as the week closed up a further 4.8% at €5.42 ($6.20 million).

• BAML tops green bond underwriter's league table, but Chinese banks storm top five

  11 April 2016

  Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) regained its title as the leading underwriter in the green bond market in the first quarter of 2016, although Chinese underwriters are now breathing down its neck.