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Low fossil fuel strategies perform in line with benchmark – MSCI
31 January 2014Three strategies designed to allow investors to allay concerns about 'stranded assets' by reducing their exposure to fossil fuels have performed roughly in-line with a global benchmark index in recent years.
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EEX announces fee holiday for renewables credits
31 January 2014An exchange is to waive fees for traders of Guarantees of Origin (GoO) renewable energy certificates, in a bid to boost the attractiveness of the market.
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Goldman Sachs seals deal with world's largest offshore wind operator
31 January 2014Goldman Sachs and two pension funds have bought about a quarter of Danish state energy company Dong Energy, in a move expected to boost its investments in offshore wind.
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$1.8bn coalition to divest from fossil fuels, reinvest in clean-tech
31 January 2014A coalition of philanthropic funds managing a combined $1.8 billion of assets committed to divest from fossil fuels and increase investments in "the clean energy economy", in the latest sign that the stranded assets movement is gaining momentum.
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Agilitas invests in private UK waste management group Impetus
30 January 2014Private equity group Agilitas has acquired an undisclosed stake in Impetus Waste Management, through its support of a management buyout led by managing director Ian Hunter.
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Conservation finance 'has $300bn a year market potential', says report
30 January 2014The development of a market to finance conservation projects could attract between $200 billion and $300 billion of private capital per year, a new report has claimed.
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Climate specialist Mark Proegler leaves BP
30 January 2014Mark Proegler has left BP, where he served as director of climate and transport energy policy since June 2009, to take a career break.
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Norway's $800bn 'oil fund' halves coal production holdings
29 January 2014Norway's $800 billion sovereign wealth fund has divested half of its holdings in coal miners over the past two years, its manager has said.
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Voting opens in EF's Deals of the Year awards
29 January 2014Nominations are now open for the seventh annual Environmental Finance Deals of the Year awards.
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Robins to leave HSBC to spearhead UNEP Inquiry
28 January 2014Nick Robins is to step down as head of HSBC's Climate Change Centre to help lead a United Nations Environment Programme inquiry into how to green the world's economy.
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