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FTSE creates indexes to exclude coal
30 July 2015FTSE Russell has extended its range of fossil-fuel free indexes with a new series excluding coal and mining firms, as the divestment movement gathers pace.
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Real estate sector faces stranded asset risk, green bonds could help, says HSBC
23 July 2015Green bonds will increasingly be used to adapt buildings to make them more resilient to climate change, as the real estate sector faces up to its own version of 'stranded asset' risk, a report has predicted.
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South Pole and Fossil Free Indexes join forces
15 July 2015Carbon reduction specialist South Pole Group has teamed up with research firm Fossil Free Indexes (FFI) in a collaboration that could lead to the creation of new low-carbon indexes and investment products.
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Parametric to screen equities against coal and tar sands
09 July 2015US asset management firm Parametric has introduced two new screening processes to enable investors to blacklist major coal and tar sands stocks.
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Time to believe in miracles?
08 July 2015Numerous policy announcements and actions from companies are helping to put climate change firmly on the agenda, fuelling hopes of a meaningful climate agreement in Paris in December, says Peter Cripps
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Emissions limits threaten $283bn of potential LNG projects, says think tank
07 July 2015Some $283 billion of potential liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects could be rendered uneconomic by efforts to combat global warming, a think tank has warned.
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More than $5bn committed to Divest Invest
03 July 2015More than $5 billion has been committed to a campaign to divest from fossil fuel companies and invest the freed up capital in the low-carbon economy.
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Quotes of the Quarter
26 June 2015Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the second quarter of 2015.
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Rating agencies underestimate climate risks, warn lawyers
24 June 2015Credit rating agencies are creating significant risks for investors, and could be exposing themselves to legal liability, by failing to acknowledge the climate risks facing fossil fuel investments, a US law group has warned.
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Coal companies to be sold by Norway's oil fund revealed
10 June 2015A list of coal companies expected to be ditched by Norway's oil fund as a result of its new divestment policy has been published.