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Voting opens for the Annual Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings
17 April 2014Environmental Finance is conducting its annual rankings of the voluntary carbon markets, polling our readers on the leading project developers, traders, wholesalers, advisors, verifiers and other service providers active in these markets.
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ERAFP seeks managers for €400m bond funds
16 April 2014ERAFP is looking to hire three managers for socially responsible investment (SRI) focused bond funds with a potential value of around €400 million ($553 million).
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World Bank launches first green bond in Australia
16 April 2014The World Bank has today launched its first green bond on the Australian market, raising AU$300 million ($281 million).
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Arise launches SEK1.1 bn green bond
16 April 2014Wind farm developer Arise has issued an SEK 1.1 billion ($16.7 million) green bond, securitised by revenue from 10 wind farms in southern Sweden.
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Île-de-France increases size of green bond due to strong demand
16 April 2014Regional French government, Île-de-France attracted such a high level of demand for its latest green bond that it raised the target from €350 million ($483 million) to €600 million at the last minute
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Impax completes deal for two Finnish wind farms
15 April 2014Impax Asset Management has completed two wind power deals in Finland with a combined generating capacity of 78MW, marking its first investments in the country.
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EU adopts ESG reporting law for large companies
15 April 2014The European Parliament today waved through a law demanding that large companies must disclose environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related information.
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SocGen launches green bond service
15 April 2014Societe Generale has today launched a 'green bond initiative' that will see it combine the expertise of its socially responsible investment and debt capital markets teams to allow it "to offer a fully-fledged service to clients".
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RET Capital buys 25MW solar plant
15 April 2014US financing platform Renewable Energy Trust Capital is to buy a 25MW solar photovoltaic plant in California – its second acquisition since raising $125 million last month.
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Irish-UK wind deal 'scrapped'
15 April 2014The Irish government has abandoned plans to build 2,300 onshore wind turbines to supply the UK energy market, it has been reported.