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Insurers count the cost of Harvey and Irma
13 September 2017Insurers and their shareholders are breathing a sigh of relief after Hurricane Irma's change of course over Florida resulted in less damage than had been feared.
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Schroders launches tool to measure companies' earnings at risk from rising carbon prices
06 September 2017Investment manager Schroders has developed a tool for investors which measures how government moves to put a meaningful price on carbon could affect company profits and investment returns.
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Allianz and MUFG complete $340m US wind investment
22 August 2017Allianz has signed a tax equity agreement worth about $340 million alongside Japanese financial services conglomerate MUFG for the Red Dirt wind project in Oklahoma.
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Insurers under fire for underwriting coal industry
11 August 2017Divesting from coal companies while continuing to underwrite them is a 'blind spot' of insurers' climate policies, according to campaigners. Cintia Cheong investigates what four insurers are doing about it
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Insurers shamed in ongoing criticism of coal industry investments
04 August 2017Munich Re, Swiss Re, Allianz, Generali and Zurich's exposure to coal exposed
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Green bond funds poised to break through $2bn mark
28 July 2017The value of green bond funds is fast approaching the $2 billion mark after a spate of launches in the past two years, analysis by Environmental Finance has revealed.
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Manager of new green bond fund to be announced next month
28 July 2017A French pension scheme is expected to announce a €350 million ($400 million) green bond fund in mid-August, Environmental Finance has learned.
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EcoAct snaps up Carbon Clear
19 July 2017EcoAct, a Paris-based climate change advisory firm, has acquired Carbon Clear of the UK for an undisclosed sum.
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'Bring it on': California commissioner bullish on fossil fuel divestment
17 July 2017Commissioner Dave Jones was threatened with legal action from 12 Republican attorney generals who oppose his fossil fuel investments disclosure initiative. The threats appear to have spurred Jones on, however. Callum Tanner reports
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Allianz says policy changes needed to boost renewables investment
03 July 2017The G20 countries need to roughly double their annual investments in renewables and power infrastructure to meet the 2oC global warming goal of the Paris Agreement on climate change, according to German insurer Allianz.