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First half insured cat losses at lowest since 2006
24 July 2015Insured losses arising from natural catastrophes in the first half of 2015 amounted to $15 billion – the lowest figure at this point of the year since 2006, according to Aon Benfield.
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Foresight Solar Fund expands acquisition facility to £150m
24 July 2015Foresight Solar Fund, a UK yieldco, has reached agreement with Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander to increase its acquisition facility to £150 million ($232 million) from £120 million.
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Alliance Trust underperforms but keeps faith in bottom-up ESG
24 July 2015Alliance Trust admitted its first-half performance was disappointing, but maintained its conviction in bottom-up stock selection and its increased focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.
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Carbon Matters - A Review of Listed Companies' Carbon Disclosure and Performance in Hong Kong
A Review of Listed Companies' Carbon Disclosure and Performance in Hong Kong
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Ygrene completes $150m PACE securitisation
23 July 2015A ground-breaking $150 million securitisation of assets developed under the Property Assessed Clean Energy (Pace) financing initiative has been issued.
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Goldman Sachs: "ESG is now mainstream"
23 July 2015Goldman Sachs' newly appointed head of global environmental, social and governance (ESG) believes that so-called non-financial factors have "in essence gone mainstream".
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Swiss start-up launches new carbon ratings service
23 July 2015Carbon Delta, a Zurich-based start-up, is launching a ratings service based on the economic risks companies face as a result of climate change.
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US Senate committee backs extension of tax breaks for renewables
23 July 2015The Senate finance committee has voted to extend two key tax incentives supporting clean energy development in the US – the Production Tax Credit (PTC) [link] and the Investment Tax Credit (ITC).
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Real estate sector faces stranded asset risk, green bonds could help, says HSBC
23 July 2015Green bonds will increasingly be used to adapt buildings to make them more resilient to climate change, as the real estate sector faces up to its own version of 'stranded asset' risk, a report has predicted.
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Hong Kong-listed companies improve carbon disclosure
23 July 2015A report by environmental consultants Trucost has revealed that Hong Kong-listed companies are improving their carbon reporting, although they still lag behind international levels.