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Macquarie and Santander get behind Foresight Solar Fund with £200m deal
11 April 2016London-listed Foresight Solar Fund has bagged £200 million ($285 million) of backing from Macquarie and Santander.
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AODP to rate asset managers, ratings agencies and others on climate risk
11 April 2016The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) will begin assessing ratings agencies and asset managers to help asset owners "hold their agents to account".
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Green bond expected for smart meters and grid upgrades
08 April 2016An energy distributor is readying itself to issue a green bond to finance smart grids and green buildings, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Investors balk at Yingli's latest plea for bond extension
07 April 2016China's Yingli Green Energy has failed to come to an agreement with bondholders as the deadline for repayment on its medium-term notes looms.
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PRI appoints associate director for EMEA
07 April 2016The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has appointed a new associate director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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AP2 to dedicate 1% of investment to green bonds as market 'achieves maturity'
06 April 2016Swedish pension fund AP2 has decided to allocate 1% of its entire portfolio to green bonds, saying the market has achieved the maturity and size "to justify a separate investment strategy".
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EIB eyes Orix, Robeco, ADB climate fund
04 April 2016The European Investment Bank (EIB) is mulling investing into Asia Climate Partners ahead of its final close in September.
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Getting to work: the climate-disclosure taskforce's first report
01 April 2016In a bid to promote 'decision-useful' disclosure for investors, the FSB's Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures has released its inaugural report. Sophie Robinson-Tillett reports
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Foresight to launch unlabelled green bond fund
30 March 2016Foresight Group is fundraising for a €200 million ($226 million) private debt fund dedicated to unlabelled green project bonds.
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Setting the standard
30 March 2016As the market grows, so too does the number of companies and organisations 'defining' what is acceptable as a green bond. Sophie Robinson-Tillett looks at the patchwork of offerings and how they are set to develop
- CBI optimistic of 'really quick uptake' for climate resilience taxonomy
- MSCI developing transition plan assessment product
- Abris rolls-out ESG methodology to 'squeeze out' higher valuations
- 'Water will be one of the biggest investment themes over the next decade'
- Robeco launches its first 'high income green bond strategy'
- CBI to launch climate resilience taxonomy this month
- Putting transition plans to the test: MSCI
- Inadequate credit market could worsen biodiversity loss, warns Grantham Institute
- Allianz GI's impact credit strategy raises €560m at first close
- Mirova closes first impact PE strategy at €211m
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Australia publishes net zero 'sector pathways'
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$1.4trn investors call for greater nature disclosures
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Pension members should be given right to voice ESG preferences, says Dutch regulator
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Carbon removals versus reductions misses the point
06 September 2024For the atmosphere's balance sheet, emission reductions and removals are both vitally important, argues Mary Grady
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EXCLUSIVE: M&G to rebrand climate solutions fund as biodiversity
06 September 2024M&G Investments is rebranding its climate solutions fund as a nature and biodiversity fund, as it looks to capitalise on growing interest in the theme, Environmental Finance has learned.