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Schroders launches fund to invest in cat bonds
08 October 2013Schroders Asset Management has launched a fund to invest in catastrophe (cat) bonds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS).
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Aviva buys UK solar assets from private equity group
08 October 2013Private equity group Zouk Capital has sold an 8.6MW portfolio of residential solar assets to Aviva Investors, the asset management division of insurance giant Aviva. The price was not disclosed.
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Impact investment fund exceeds £100m target
07 October 2013A leading UK impact investment fund has obtained equity commitments of £125 million ($201 million), well above its target of £100 million.
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ICAO agrees aviation emissions plan for 2020 but 'handicaps EU efforts'
07 October 2013The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has agreed to introduce a global market-based mechanism to reduce greenhouse gas emissions beginning in 2020, but has been slammed for restricting regional efforts to do the same.
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Solar fund plans additional £175m investment in UK market
07 October 2013A leading solar energy fund expects soon to invest an additional £175 million ($282 million) in photovoltaic plants in the UK.
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Mangrove carbon project has potential for voluntary market roll-out
04 October 2013A pioneering initiative will fund the protection and restoration of mangrove swamps by issuing voluntary carbon credits.
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Impact investing growth 'held back by investment advisers'
04 October 2013The growth of impact investing is being held back in part by advisers to institutional investors such as pension funds, experts have said.
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UK GIB hires managing director for waste and bio-energy
04 October 2013The UK's rapidly expanding Green Investment Bank (GIB) has hired a new managing director for waste and bioenergy, whose remit will include helping to finance the emerging UK anaerobic digestion sector.
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Norway to buy 30 million offsets to rescue 'stranded' CDM projects
03 October 2013Norway's ministry of finance has signed an agreement to buy up to 30 million carbon credits from projects that risk being discontinued because of low emissions prices.
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Boom in cookstove carbon credits as investors eye health and social benefits
03 October 2013The number of carbon credits sold from clean cookstove projects more than quadrupled in 2012, according to a report, in a further sign that 'charismatic' carbon credits are gaining popularity with investors.
- Iceberg launches sovereign climate and biodiversity dataset
- Texas sues BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard over ESG strategy on coal
- COP29: 'Historic step' for carbon markets, as Article 6 crosses finish line
- IDB Invest and IFC back BBVA Colombia for $100m sustainable bond issuance
- SLBs linked to donations or carbon credit investments are 'promising'
- SEC likely to withdraw climate rules, former Commissioner predicts
- After COP29, can voluntary carbon markets scale again?
- The 'finance COP' short-changed the Global South, say investors
- Debt-for-nature deals are 'growing very rapidly and are very scalable'
- Barclays begins stress-testing for nature