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MSCI gains new ESG research head
05 June 2015Sustainability expert Antti Savilaakso has joined MSCI as European head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research.
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ABN Amro issues €500m green bond for real estate
03 June 2015ABN Amro has "set a new standard for the market" with its €500 million ($557 million) green bond.
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ABN Amro to roadshow Euro green bond
21 May 2015Dutch bank ABN Amro is making moves to enter the green bond market.
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Santander stops funding APRIL after Greenpeace deforestation campaign
02 March 2015Santander has bowed to pressure to withdraw finance from the paper company Asia Pacific Resources International (April) after Greenpeace launched a campaign criticising it for logging Indonesian forests.
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Optimism prompts new spot exchange for EU ETS
11 February 2015The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) has seen a new spot exchange launched, in a growing sign of the market's recovery.
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'World's largest' offshore wind project finance deal agreed
15 May 2014A €2.8 billion ($3.8 billion) project financing agreement has been secured for an offshore wind farm, in a deal that claims to be the largest of its kind.
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Nine out of 10 banks fail ESG stress tests
10 April 2014The vast majority of international banks failed to meet social and environmental 'stress tests', an analysis firm has revealed.
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Energy efficient ships an 'attractive investment opportunity', says bank
27 June 2013Investors are increasingly seeing retrofitting ships with fuel-saving technologies as an attractive opportunity, according to a bank, which is developing a finance mechanism for the activity.