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Sustainability a growing concern for investors – BoA
24 June 2013Mainstream investors will increasingly rely on sustainability metrics to inform investment decisions, Bank of America has claimed.
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MidAmerican increases bond issue to $1bn, reports say
24 June 2013Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy has issued a $1 billion bond to finance a solar project in California, according to reports, substantially more than it had planned to raise.
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'First European renewables fund exit' delivers 40% return
20 June 2013An investment firm has become the first in Europe to exit a renewable energy fund, it claimed, after it sold the remainder of the fund's wind assets and secured an overall internal rate of return of more than 40%.
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Danish pension fund to invest $200m in US offshore wind farm
19 June 2013A Danish pension fund has pledged to provide financing for a planned offshore wind farm in the US, the first public funding commitment to the project.
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Swiss Re stops 23 transactions on ESG grounds
19 June 2013Swiss Re's latest corporate responsibility report has revealed the firm barred 23 deals last year on the grounds that they did not meet its sustainability risk framework.
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Non-toxic investments
19 June 2013Investors need to raise more questions about the financial risks arising from hazardous chemicals produced and used by a range of companies, says Sonja Haider
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Water + emerging markets = 'tremendous opportunity', calculates asset manager
19 June 2013Water treatment and water infrastructure companies active in emerging markets are a significant investment opportunity, according to an asset manager, as it revealed particularly attractive sub-sectors and stocks.
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Investors managing €65trn back EU non-financial reporting proposals
19 June 2013A coalition of organisations representing more than 700 institutional investors and other financial firms say they "strongly support" a European Commission proposal to force large companies to include material non-financial information in their annual reports.
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Asian investors 'eyeing African renewables' – report
18 June 2013International investors are set to increasingly back renewables projects in Africa, with Asian investors leading the charge, a new report has claimed.
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Environmental index adds 'food, agriculture and forestry' sector
17 June 2013A leading index provider has added a new sector covering food, agriculture and forestry to its environmental markets series.