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Orsted boosts presence in US renewables market
10 October 2018US investment manager D. E. Shaw has sold its 100% equity stake in offshore wind energy developer Deepwater Wind to Danish power company Orsted for $510 million.
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Lombard Odier/AIM impact bond fund reveals environmental, social impacts
10 October 2018The Global Climate Bond fund, launched by Lombard Odier Investment Managers in partnership with Affirmative Investment Management (AIM), helped prevent emissions equivalent to 78,431 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year in 2017, as well as supporting 75MW of renewable energy and the treatment of 6,893m3 of wastewater.
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Voting begins in 19th annual Market Rankings
09 October 2018Voting has opened in Environmental Finance's 19th annual Market Rankings – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.
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Generation forms long-term partnership with Canada’s CDPQ
09 October 2018Generation Investment Management has formed a novel partnership with a leading Canadian asset owner to pursue sustainable investment opportunities with a time horizon of eight - 15 years.
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Sustainability is the new ‘business as usual’, say exchanges
08 October 2018A group of more than 200 stock exchanges, clearing houses and other market infrastructure organisations have committed to take action to promote sustainable investing.
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Impax reports 72% rise in AUM for year ended 30 September
08 October 2018Impax Asset Management has celebrated its 20th anniversary by posting a 72% increase in assets under management (AUM) for the 12 months to 30 September.
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Green bonds round-up, 3 October 2018
03 October 2018Getlink said its inaugural green bond had been "comfortably oversubscribed", helping it raise €550 million ($635 million) rather than the €500 million originally envisaged.
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Pimco launches ESG version of investment grade credit fund
02 October 2018Pimco, one of the world’s leading fixed income investors, has taken another big step in its commitment to investments based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
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Climate-aligned bonds now total $1.45trn, says CBI
02 October 2018The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) estimates that the total of 'climate-aligned' bonds outstanding is now about $1.45 trillion, of which $389 billion is in the form of labelled green bonds. The remainder consists of $747 billion of bonds from 'fully aligned' issuers and $314 billion from 'strongly aligned' issuers.
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Renewables projects have highest 'carbon yield', says Affirmative
01 October 2018Renewable energy projects generate greater carbon savings than other types of projects funded by green bonds, according to recent research.
- SEC disbands ESG enforcement division
- Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper
- G20 agrees to bioeconomy principles
- 'Unlikely' potential Transition Loan Principles will launch in 2024
- Electricity versus gas - the devil is in the detail
- Wellington: Time to stop 'annoying' rise of three-year lookback sustainable bonds
- Bloomberg launches transition plan credibility assessments
- Transition plan rules 'should require disclosure of' expected climate impact
- UK Impact market grows to £77bn, with SDR impact label a potential positive
- Sustainable Debt Round-up: IADB, Raizen Energia, Switch ... and more
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Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 conference round-up
20 September 2024Another hugely successful Environmental Finance event in New York highlights the progress that continuous innovation and improvement is providing sustainable debt markets - with plenty more to come. Ahren Lester reports
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Investors must move beyond 'lip service' on biodiversity, says Nuveen
20 September 2024Investors must move beyond "lip service" and actually be willing to look at nature and biodiversity investment opportunities, Nuveen has told an Environmental Finance conference.
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Dow Chemical could issue second green bond in the future
20 September 2024Dow Chemical has not ruled out issuing a second green bond in the future, although any decision will not be made until after the US election in November.
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Brazilian development bank to fund next wave of renewable technology
19 September 2024The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) wants to fund the next wave of renewable technology in the country, but there is a need for more blended finance, according to Luciana Costa, infrastructure, energy transition and climate change managing director at BNDES.
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Sovereign SLBs challenging due to the nature of the issuer
19 September 2024Sovereigns across the world have embraced the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) instruments, with issuance increasingly being considered, but the nature of sovereigns creates some challenges for investors, the audience at Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 heard.