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Australian companies lag MSCI World for SDG impact
14 February 2017Australian companies have less of a positive impact than the rest of the MSCI World Index when it comes to meeting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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EU carbon market weekly update - 13 February 2017
13 February 2017Week-on-week we saw a continuation of the sideways trading last week as EUA prices ended the week unchanged at €5.16.
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China to launch pilot RECs market
07 February 2017China will launch a pilot national renewable energy certificates (RECs) scheme on 1 July 2017, according to the country's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), in a bid to reduce its subsidies to the sector.
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EU carbon market weekly update - 6 February 2017
06 February 2017EUA prices gained 25 cents last week as supportive energy prices and one less auction led the market higher.
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Renewables fund secures investment from Australia's green bank
06 February 2017A fund that aims to help attract institutional investment in Australian renewable energy has secured a "cornerstone" equity investment from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) – the country's green bank.
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RINs market suffers as EPA delays new regulations
02 February 2017The price of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) has dropped to a one-year low after the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would delay the implementation of regulations finalised at the end of the Obama administration.
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KfW identifies energy efficiency as a major financing theme
01 February 2017German development bank KfW financed some €20.7 billion ($22.3 billion) of energy efficiency projects last year, out of total commitments of €81 billion.
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EU carbon market weekly update - 30 January 2017
30 January 2017Compliance buying ahead of the April deadline is unlikley to be enough to support EU Allowance prices if warmer weather returns, says Louis Redshaw.
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Financiers praise 'Positive Impact' Principles
30 January 2017The Principles for Positive Impact Finance were hailed as "an important step in ... overcoming the funding gap for sustainable development" at their launch today in Paris.
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Irish parliament votes to divest from fossil fuels
27 January 2017Ireland took a step closer to becoming the first country to divest its sovereign wealth from the fossil fuel industry.