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Green Investment Bank gets £800m boost, and borrowing powers
27 June 2013The UK's trailblazing Green Investment Bank (GIB) today saw its firepower increased by £800 million ($1.2 billion), and was for the first time granted permission to borrow capital.
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10 steps to sustainable investment
26 June 2013Institutional investors must address sustainability risks, such as climate change, resource scarcity and water shortages, within their investment decisions, if they are to be successful in the future, an investor-backed lobby group claimed.
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Pension fund plans onshore wind push after first acquisition
26 June 2013A Danish pension fund's new onshore wind power joint venture is set to invest around DKK5 billion over the next five years, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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US investment manager offers carbon-neutral fund
25 June 2013A US investment manager is to make one of its funds carbon-neutral by purchasing emission offset credits from projects that generate electricity from methane captured at landfill sites.
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Have solar stocks finally turned a corner?
25 June 2013Many solar stocks have enjoyed a stellar start to 2013, with some having tripled in value. Could a brighter future for the long-suffering sector finally be in sight, asks Peter Cripps
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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.