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Massachusetts' second green bond issue is heavily oversubscribed
24 September 2014The $350 million sale of green bonds by the state of Massachusetts, announced earlier this month, attracted demand from both retail and institutional investors amounting to more than $1 billion.
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Masdar invests £525m in UK offshore wind project
24 September 2014Green energy fund Masdar is to invest £525 million ($861 million) in UK offshore wind farm, Dudgeon.
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Were the pledges at the UN Climate Summit bold enough?
24 September 2014The flurry of pledges and initiatives launched at the UN Climate Summit has sparked claims that the event represents "a shift of consciousness moment".
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Governments and companies in joint pledge to halt forest loss
24 September 2014More than 30 national governments, 40 companies and numerous NGOs and regional governments have pledged to work to halt deforestation globally by 2030.
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Green Climate Fund reaches $2.3bn
24 September 2014The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has now received $2.3 billion of funding from countries across the world, following yesterday's Climate Summit in New York.
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BoA launches $10bn catalytic clean energy finance initiative
24 September 2014Bank of America has launched an initiative designed to attract $10 billion of new investment into clean energy.
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Q&A: Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition
24 September 2014What is the Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition (PDC), which aims to decarbonise $100bn of investments by the end of 2015?
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Investor coalition pledges to 'decarbonise' $500bn of assets
24 September 2014A coalition involving two of the largest asset managers in Europe has set a target of 'decarbonising' $500 billion of institutional investments.
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Investors and issuers pledge to expand green bonds market
23 September 2014A group of institutional investors, with more than $2 trillion in assets under management, has pledged to work "to grow a large and robust [green bond] market that makes a real contribution to addressing climate change".
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MSCI adds to low-carbon indexes after just a week
23 September 2014MSCI has added more indexes to the Low Carbon series it launched last week – this time enabling investors to invest across the whole universe.