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EF BRIEFS: SolarCity, Cleveland, Rockefeller Family Fund, NTR
24 March 2016SolarCity has secured a $131 million tax equity fund, with an undisclosed financing partner, to finance its distributed residential, commercial and military solar projects.
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SEC sides with DiNapoli in fight with ExxonMobil
24 March 2016ExxonMobil has lost its bid to block a shareholder resolution over disclosure of its climate change policy, after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled against it.
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Deals of the Year 2016
23 March 2016As the renewables and other environmental markets mature, so they continue to innovate and break new ground.
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Sustainable forestry 2016: New Forests and Sampoerna Agro
23 March 2016It is hoped that New Forests' joint venture in a sustainable rubber plantation in Indonesia will pave the way for further institutional investment in large-scale, sustainable forestry in the country.
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JP Morgan Chase to stop project finance for new coal projects
08 March 2016JP Morgan Chase will no longer provide project finance for new coal-fired power plants in "high income OECD countries" or for any new 'greenfield' coal mines.
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Mats Andersson to step down as AP4 CEO
02 March 2016Mats Andersson is to step down as the CEO of Sweden's AP4 pension fund, meaning the pension sector will lose one of its leading advocates for sustainability.
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EF BRIEFS: Aquila, NRW, Equitix, GIB, New York, Rhode Island, Indiana
02 March 2016Aquila Capital has launched an infrastructure strategy with a focus on shorter-term investments.
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Zevin plans T Rowe Price proxy after Franklin Templeton setback
26 February 2016Zevin Asset Management is calling on T Rowe Price to update its proxy voting policy to give more consideration to climate risk.
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Divesting 'more effective than engagement', says Sainsbury's Family Charitable Trusts
02 February 2016Divesting from fossil fuels and investing in climate solutions is a more effective tool than engagement when it comes to changing companies' business models, according the Sainsbury's Family Charitable Trusts (SFCT).
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Research backed by Norges Bank reveals most environmentally-risky coal firms
29 January 2016Fossil-fuel companies with the greatest vulnerability to environmental risks have been named in new analysis, which urges firms to report at asset level to enable investors to better judge portfolio risks.