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Green Climate Fund elects new co-chairs
15 October 2013The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has appointed two new co-chairs that will lead the board's work to channel climate finance to developing countries.
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Voting begins in 14th annual Environmental Finance rankings
15 October 2013Voting has opened in the annual Environmental Finance market rankings – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.
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Fixed income focus needed 'to scale up impact investing'
15 October 2013Impact investing companies should move away from its focus on private equity and offer more fixed income products to attract institutional investors, a conference has heard.
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Renewables supplier increases bond issue after strong demand
15 October 2013A UK renewable energy company may treble the size of its first ever corporate bond issue after exceeding its initial target.
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Accountants call for action on 'stranded assets'
14 October 2013Companies should measure the potential greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions stored within their fossil fuel reserves and account for them, according to Warren Allen, president of the International Federation of Accountants.
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Stranded assets: the divestment debate
14 October 2013There are calls for investors to reduce their exposure to fossil fuel stocks amid fears that their valuations will slump if politicians make good on their climate promises. But is now the right time to divest? Two institutional investors with contrasting views spoke to Environmental Finance
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Norway's 'oil fund' to exclude companies over environmental concerns
14 October 2013Norway's government pension fund will exclude four companies that pose a risk to the environment from its investment universe, the government announced today, just one week after revealing it is considering establishing a renewables mandate for the $790 billion fund.
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Clean energy investment set to fall in 2013 – BNEF
14 October 2013Global investment in clean energy is set for a second successive annual fall after plunging 20% in the third quarter, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).
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UK renewables investor completes first transactions
14 October 2013Belltown Alpha Renewables (BAR), a new company investing in small and medium-scale renewables projects in the UK, has announced its first two deals.
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AfDB's $500m green bond snapped up by SRI investors, pension funds
11 October 2013The African Development Bank (AfDB) has issued a $500 million climate bond in an oversubscribed transaction which saw socially responsible investors buy most of the bond.