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TCFD recommendations will boost voluntary carbon market, Baker McKenzie says
23 August 2017The market for voluntary carbon offsets is likely to receive a boost with the implementation of the FSB's Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations, according to multinational law firm Baker McKenzie.
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NN IP endorses dedicated green bond allocation for investors
22 August 2017Dutch asset manager NN Investment Partners has called on investors to dedicate a separate part of their portfolios to exclusively buy green bonds.
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Biomass firm buys 72MW of Green Investment Bank facilities
21 August 2017A 72MW portfolio of biomass and waste-to-energy facilities has been acquired from the Green Investment Bank (GIB) by renewables investment firm Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG) for an undisclosed sum.
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Macquarie completes acquisition of Green Investment Bank
18 August 2017The UK government must develop a new strategy for private sector investment after a Macquarie-led consortium completed its £2.3 billion ($2.96 billion) acquisition of the Green Investment Bank (GIB), according to a group of business leaders.
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People Moves: HSBC, MSCI
18 August 2017Farnam Bidgoli, Sustainalytics' former head of sustainable bonds in Europe, has been hired by HSBC to bolster the bank's efforts in the sustainability bond arena.
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$44m water treatment bonds 'at top end' of S&P assessment
18 August 2017$44 million of unlabelled green bonds issued by a US utility for water management projects have been assigned S&P Global Ratings' highest score for their predicted positive environmental impact.
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US SIF issues five-step sustainable investment plan for DC pension sponsors
17 August 2017Recommendations to help pension plan sponsors include sustainable investments in defined contribution (DC) retirement plans have been issued by US SIF.
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Clean 200 energy efficiency companies outperform benchmark
16 August 2017The world's 200 largest publicly listed companies by total clean energy revenues outperformed their industry benchmark index by 18.1% in 2017, according to the latest Carbon Clean 200 list.
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Environmental standard launched to support SDGs
16 August 2017A standard to measure the progress of emission reduction projects toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been launched by Gold Standard.
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Trucost launches TCFD reporting tool
15 August 2017A tool that helps companies report in line with the FSB's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations has been launched by Trucost, part of S&P Dow Jones Indices.