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Pension savers urged to press funds for action on climate change
29 October 2013A campaign was launched today attempting to mobilise UK savers to demand that their pension funds take action on climate change amid warnings of 'stranded assets'.
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Media giant invests $300m in first US solar plant with thermal energy storage
02 October 2013A digital media firm has made a $300 million investment in a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant under development in Arizona with thermal energy storage.
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Rules for new US power plants 'to boost gas and renewables investment'
23 September 2013The US Environmental Protection Agency's proposed carbon emission limits for new power plants will spur investment in clean energy, but natural gas is expected to be the big winner, according to observers.
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Institutional investors snap up EBRD green bond
11 September 2013The latest 'environmental sustainability' bond from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has been bought by 14 institutional investors.
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EBRD planning $250m green bond
10 September 2013The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is planning to issue a $250 million 'environmental sustainability' bond.
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World Bank issues $550m green bond
12 August 2013The World Bank has returned to the green bond market in a follow-up to its record-breaking $1 billion offering earlier this year.
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EIB to phase out coal-fired lending
24 July 2013One of the world's biggest energy lenders, the European Investment Bank, has adopted new lending policies expected to see it phase out the financing of coal-fired power plants.
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Can green bonds go mainstream?
20 June 2013The green bond market is on the march after the first billion-dollar issuance, but what is needed for the fledgling asset class to break into the mainstream, asks Elza Holmstedt Pell
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Environmental services firm in €150m buy-out
10 June 2013A multinational environmental solutions company has taken full ownership of a Latin American joint-venture in a €150 million deal.
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$1.4bn joint venture to be 'Chile's largest renewables provider'
07 June 2013A project developer and a private equity firm have inked a $1.4 billion deal to form a joint venture set to become Chile's largest wind and solar energy provider.