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Lightsource to invest £2bn in Indian solar, in first move outside the UK
13 November 2015Lightsource Renewable Energy has earmarked £2 billion ($3 billion) for investment in Indian solar, as it for the first time looks for opportunities outside the UK.
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HSBC pledges $1bn to green bond market
12 November 2015HSBC has stepped up its commitment to the green bond market, pledging to buy $1 billion of notes.
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GCF gets go-ahead for $168m investment in eight initial projects
09 November 2015The UN's Green Climate Fund (GCF) has been given the green light to allocate $168 million to its first eight projects, in a move it expects will result in $1.3 billion of total investment by 2020.
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Lightsource issues UK's biggest renewables bond, in £284m deal
06 November 2015Lightsource Renewable Energy has completed what it claims is the world's largest sterling-denominated bond for renewables.
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IIGCC demands policymakers tighten emissions testing after VW losses
06 November 2015The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has demanded that regulators to strengthen automotive emissions-testing standards after its members "lost significant investment value" in the aftermath of the Volkswagen scandal.
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Canadian Solar files for long-awaited yieldco
06 November 2015Canadian Solar took a step closer to launching its long-awaited yieldco, as it filed a draft registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Number of companies with emissions targets doubles, says CDP
06 November 2015Hewlett Packard Enterprise has urged companies to "take swift and bold action" to address climate change, as research reveals the number of firms with emissions-reduction targets has doubled since 2010.
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GIB backs £107m waste-to-energy project
05 November 2015The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has taken a major equity stake in a waste-to-energy plant in Northern Ireland.
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S&P expands low-carbon indexes with three Canadian additions
03 November 2015S&P Dow Jones Indices has partnered with the Toronto Stock Exchange to launch three climate change indexes for Canada.
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EF BRIEFS: Union Group, BlackRock, HomeStreet, Chinese cement
01 November 2015The Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) has agreed to invest $3.5 million in two hydro plants in Peru.
- La Banque Postale invests in ESG data startup
- COP29: Financing Net Zero
- France launches voluntary biodiversity credit market
- BNP Paribas targets $500m for developed markets forestry fund
- Artesian: Two-way coupons could 'reignite' SLB market
- Finance Earth plans for life after Federated Hermes following withdrawal from collaborations
- Converting Bridgerton to Bog Hall
- EU countries failing to transpose CSRD risk increasing costs of compliance, observers say
- UK confirms plans to join EU in regulating ESG ratings providers
- COP29: a step Baku-wards?
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Scaling Biodiversity Credits
21 November 2024The International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity credits launched at COP16 a framework consisting of 21 High-Level Principles to ensure the high-integrity of the biodiversity credit market. Ingrid Kukuljan explains what they hope to achieve
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Account for nature on balance sheets, says Sustainable Markets Initiative
21 November 2024The public and private sectors have been encouraged to account for nature as an asset by the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) to deliver more accurate balance sheet information.
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UN Principles for Responsible Banking cuts reporting requirements
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Generate Capital secures $1.2bn credit facility for transition investments
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NextEnergy UK solar fund acquires latest asset
21 November 2024