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IIGCC joins Climate Bond Standards board
14 January 2014The Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has added its weight to an initiative to agree standards for the rapidly growing green bonds market.
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Banks back new transparency guidelines for green bond market
13 January 2014A coalition of 13 major investment banks has backed a set of voluntary principles intended to encourage transparency and integrity in the fast-growing green bonds market.
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ACORE names new president
13 January 2014Michael R Brower had been appointed president and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE).
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Resonance buys four wind farms as HgCapital fund exits UK investments
13 January 2014Alternative asset manager Resonance has snapped up four wind farms in a move that has allowed the first renewables fund set up by HgCapital to exit its UK investments.
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EIB issues first green bond in Swiss Francs
10 January 2014The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its first green bond of 2014, with its first Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) denominated in Swiss Francs.
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Ambienta environmental fund reaches €200m second close
10 January 2014Italian private equity fund Ambienta has raised €200 million ($273 million) for its second fund focused on environmental technologies.
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Investors buy stake in clean cookstove company
10 January 2014A carbon project developer that focuses on the distribution of fuel-efficient cookstoves in Africa has attracted new investors.
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ICE loses carbon trading market share to EEX in 2013
09 January 2014EEX's emissions trading volumes continued to grow in 2013, as it won market share from the dominant carbon exchange ICE Futures Europe.
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Sustainability fund breaks through €400m barrier
09 January 2014A sustainability fund run by a German family office has seen its firepower pass the €400 million ($544.1 million) mark.
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Swiss utility buys stake in German offshore wind project
09 January 2014A Swiss utility has acquired a stake in the planned Butendiek offshore wind farm from its developer.
- Texas sues BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard over ESG strategy on coal
- Iceberg launches sovereign climate and biodiversity dataset
- IDB Invest and IFC back BBVA Colombia for $100m sustainable bond issuance
- COP29: 'Historic step' for carbon markets, as Article 6 crosses finish line
- SEC likely to withdraw climate rules, former Commissioner predicts
- SLBs linked to donations or carbon credit investments are 'promising'
- After COP29, can voluntary carbon markets scale again?
- The 'finance COP' short-changed the Global South, say investors
- Barclays begins stress-testing for nature
- Japan expects a 'circle of friends' to issue sovereign transition bonds soon