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Carbon trading soars 22% in 2017
23 January 2018The value of carbon allowances traded last year jumped 22% as policy decisions and regulatory reforms boosted confidence in emissions trading, according to data from Thomson Reuters.
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PRI urges specific ESG policy for infrastructure investors
22 January 2018The UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has published advice on how investors can integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria across their infrastructure investments.
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Meeting climate goals while unlocking productivity and delivering growth
22 January 2018A major expansion of green infrastructure is urgently needed and it makes economic as well as environmental sense, says Zoë Knight.
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UK's rail pension fund updates voting policy with focus on climate risk
22 January 2018The £28 billion ($38.92 billion) UK pension fund investment manager RPMI Railpen has published its 2018 voting policy, with "a key focus" on integrating climate considerations into its voting and engagement approach.
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Europe's largest biomass plant to grow with fourth renewable unit
19 January 2018The owner of the largest biomass power station in Europe is to convert a fourth partly coal-fired unit to biomass energy generation this year, following a UK government decision on a national renewables incentive scheme.
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Trucost warns of potential hit to corporate profits from Paris Agreement
18 January 2018New policies and taxes aimed at helping countries meet the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change "could lead to significant losses" for many companies, according to Trucost.
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IFC's emerging market green bond fund set to close 'in weeks'
18 January 2018The IFC and Amundi's emerging market green bond fund is expected to launch officially early next month, Environmental Finance has learned.
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RGGI poised for expansion?
17 January 2018The possibility of Virginia joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is to be discussed by the nine current participating states.
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Green securitisations offer growing EU investment opportunity, says NNIP
17 January 2018Forecasts of rapid growth in green securitisations – based on large numbers of small-scale climate-friendly projects in the EU – promise attractive opportunities for institutional investors, according to NN Investment Partners (NNIP).
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Survey aims to discover world's greenest financial centres
16 January 2018A survey has been launched that aims to compile a Global Green Finance Index (GGFI) by ranking the world's financial centres according to the quality and depth of their 'green finance' offerings.