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European Commission names 20-strong sustainable finance commitee
23 December 2016The European Commission has named a 20-strong committee charged with helping "hardwire sustainability" into EU financial policy.
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GIB to make first offshore wind exit
21 December 2016The UK's Green Investment Bank is expected to announce its first exit of an offshore wind project in coming days.
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Green Climate Fund approves $315m of projects - but misses target
16 December 2016The Green Climate Fund has approved a further $315.2 million of funding for projects at its latest board meeting, but has fallen short of its target for the year.
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Poland issues green bond market's first sovereign bond
15 December 2016Poland has priced a €750 million ($790 million) green bond, stealing a march on other countries such as France and Nigeria to become the first sovereign to tap the market.
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California dreaming of return to green bond market?
12 December 2016The state of California hopes to launch a green bond in coming weeks to fund an agricultural project, Environmental Finance understands.
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Axa's green bond fund grows by a third in first year
09 December 2016Axa Investment Managers' green bond fund has seen its assets grow by more than a third in its first year, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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Investing in a changing climate
06 December 2016Insurers are increasingly factoring climate change into their investment decisions. But they are only at the start of a long learning process, finds Peter Cripps. This is the second part of a three-part series on how insurers are dealing with climate change
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Trump will not scupper the growth in environmental finance, says buoyant Impax
01 December 2016The election of Donald Trump is unlikely to derail the growth in environmentally-themed investments, Impax Asset Management said today as it reported a record year of growth, led by the US.
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Impax reaches first close on third renewables PE fund
01 December 2016Impax Asset Management has reached a €149 million ($158 million) first close on its third European renewables-focused private equity fund.
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Four US oil majors face shareholder resolutions on climate lobbying
30 November 2016Four US oil majors are to be hit by shareholder resolutions calling on them to disclose their anti-climate change lobbying activities, Environmental Finance can reveal.