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Shell and Statoil next to face climate votes at AGM
15 May 2015Shell and Statoil will become the latest fossil fuel companies to address mounting shareholder concerns about climate change when they hold their annual general meetings (AGMs) next week.
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Bank of America issues second green bond
15 May 2015Bank of America has issued its second green bond, for $600 million.
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Joule gains $40m to commercialise CO2-to-fuel technologies
14 May 2015Joule Unlimited, a leader in waste-to-fuel biotechnologies, has secured $40m in private equity and venture debt financing to scale-up its operational facilities in Hobbs, New Mexico, and spur commercialization of its SolarConverter® system to produce ethanol and diesel fuels.
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Statoil sets up clean energy company to exploit 'growth opportunities'
14 May 2015Statoil has created a low-carbon energy business to pursue "new business and growth opportunities".
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LA plans $183m green bond for waste water
14 May 2015Los Angeles is to become the latest US municipality to tap the green bond market.
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Insurers see the gold in green
14 May 2015Green bonds are looking increasingly attractive to insurance companies which want to meet their risk and return objectives while producing a positive environmental or social impact. But there are concerns about the definition and capacity of the market, as Mark Nicholls explains
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Abengoa Yield in $670m share placement for solar
13 May 2015Abengoa Yield (ABY) has sold more than 20 million new shares to help it buy solar assets from its parent company, in a deal worth $669 million.
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How to help the green bond market grow
13 May 2015The market needs to embrace general purpose bonds from 'pureplay' green companies, as well as allowing non-clean companies to issue green bonds if they are in transition to a greener business model, argues Ulrik Ross
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Eurosif proposes sustainability as 6th pillar of EU Capital Markets Union
13 May 2015Sustainability should be added to the proposed principals behind the EU's Capital Markets Union (CMU) initiative.
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NRG Yield stock split boosts equity finance capacity by $20bn
13 May 2015US yieldco NRG Yield is to introduce a one-for-one stock split after the close of trading tomorrow (14 May) to help it raise more equity capital.