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Carbon: ClimateCare's ethanol cookstoves fund
01 April 2015This year's award winner in the carbon finance category combines government grants with pure carbon finance to create a revolving fund that supports a new market in clean cookstoves.
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Weather: Swiss Re's solar energy hedge in China
01 April 2015Europe has dominated the rapid growth in solar power for most of the past decade but, in the past two years, the balance of power has swung decisively toward Asia.
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Catastrophe Risk: Citizens Property Insurance/Everglades Re cat bond
01 April 2015The stand-out transaction in last year's buoyant market for catastrophe (cat) bonds, was undoubtedly the $1.5 billion issue for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation of Florida.
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Personality of the Year: Mats Andersson
01 April 2015Pension funds are generally staid and conservative. But as CEO of the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4), Mats Andersson has not been afraid to stick his head above the parapet.
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SEB sees green bond issuance doubling to $70bn in 2015
31 March 2015Swedish bank SEB still expects issuance of green bonds to double this year from last year's $36 billion, despite a relatively quiet first quarter.
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Canadian Solar bags 'cornerstone assets' for new yieldco
31 March 2015Canadian Solar has completed its $265 million acquisition of Recurrent Energy, in a deal it said will provide the "cornerstone" assets for its imminent yieldco.
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F&C responsible funds to review climate change criteria
31 March 2015F&C Investments is to review the climate change-related exclusion criteria that apply to five funds in its 'responsible' fund range, Environmental Finance has learned.
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S&P launches low volatility index for SRI investors
31 March 2015S&P launches low volatility index for SRI investors
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EU carbon market weekly update - 30 March 2015
30 March 2015Today's trilogue meeting and Wednesday's release of European emissions data for 2014 will determine the direction of EU Allowance prices this week, says Louis Redshaw.
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Mirova to develop carbon measurement method
30 March 2015Sustainable investment specialist Mirova is to help develop a method for measuring companies' greenhouse gas emissions.