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Sweden's Export Credit Agency plans first green bond
12 June 2015The Swedish Export Credit Agency (SEK) is roadshowing its first green bond.
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Tracing the Origin of Power
For a growing number of companies, electricity is a prime resource in the value chain. Being able to trace the origin of power has never been more important...
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Capital Stage purchases nine Italian solar farms
12 June 2015German solar energy operator Capital Stage has purchased a portfolio of nine Italian solar farms in the latest acquisition using its innovative partnership with German insurer, Gothaer Versicherung.
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RET Capital agrees C$66m loan to buy Canadian Solar project
12 June 2015A North American renewables firm has secured financing to buy a solar plant from Canadian Solar.
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Mirova launches €65m green bond fund
12 June 2015Mirova has launched a €65 million ($73 million) green bond fund – the biggest of its kind to date.
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Latvian utility ups green bond to €75m
12 June 2015Latvenergo, the Latvian state-owned electricity company, has upped its green bond offering by 50% due to investor demand.
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Prospects for REDD+ boosted by Bonn agreement
12 June 2015After 10 years of negotiations over the UN's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+ ) programme, diplomats in Bonn have made an eleventh hour agreement which will likely be carried into the Paris climate summit later this year.
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Will we even be using oil when Petrobras' bonds mature in 2115?
11 June 2015Petrobras' recent launch of a notional $2.5 billion worth of 100-year bonds has been viewed as evidence that investors, particularly those with long-term commitments such as pension funds and insurers, are desperate for yield.
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Green bonds 'can help achieve $100bn climate finance goal'
11 June 2015Green bonds have been named one of the four instruments available to financial institutions to help ramp climate finance up to its $100 billion a year target.
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G20 backs new initiative to promote green growth
11 June 2015The G20 group of major economies has added its weight to efforts to mobilise more private capital to support sustainable green growth.