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CBA to face shareholder resolution on climate commitment
14 August 2017A shareholder resolution will be lodged against Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) to protest against its climate change position statement, which was branded a failure that "falls well short" of the bank's climate commitments.
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Contact Energy launches $1.3b green borrowing initiative
14 August 2017New Zealand utility Contact Energy has created a 'green borrowing programme' to provide NZ$1.8 billion ($1.3 billion) of funding for renewables projects.
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Green bond issuance for cities climbs more than half in 2017
07 August 2017Green bonds issued to fund climate-smart cities grew to $10 billion in the first half of 2017, a rise of 61% on the same period in 2016, according to a report.
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People Moves: MSCI, Acciona, CBL, NatureBank
04 August 2017Mervyn Tang has been appointed head of the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan, by MSCI's ESG Research business.
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Conergy acquisition to spark Australian solar battery storage growth
04 August 2017Two US private equity funds have acquired solar energy company Conergy Asia, with plans to develop 1GW of combined solar-battery projects in Australia alone.
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Impax fund outperforms benchmark by 2% despite missing out on Tesla boom
03 August 2017Environmental-themed asset manager Impax's flagship investment trust has outperformed its benchmark by 2.6 percentage points in the first six months of the year.
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ISO green bond standard working group to be established
02 August 2017The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has approved the development of an international green bond standard that experts say could strengthen the appeal of the green label for investors.
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Azure Power issues $500m green bond
31 July 2017Indian solar energy company Azure has issued a twice-oversubscribed green bond, shrugging off a turbulent Asian bonds market that has caused three other issues to be cancelled.
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JP Morgan commits to $200bn clean financing by 2025
28 July 2017US bank JP Morgan plans to invest $200 billion in clean financing projects by 2025, the largest commitment of its kind by a global financial institution, it said.
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Grenergy buys into Argentinian wind market
27 July 2017Spain-based project developer Grenergy has purchased a 24MW wind farm in Argentina as part of its South American expansion strategy, building on its presence in Chile, Mexico, Peru and Colombia, where it already operates 1.3GW of wind and solar projects.