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US businesses with $1.4trn in revenue commit to Paris
07 June 2017More than 900 US businesses and investors representing $1.4 trillion in annual revenue, along with 125 cities, 9 states and 183 educational institutions have signed a letter, committing to remain faithful to the Paris Climate Agreement.
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Allianz Global Investors backs US solar project
06 June 2017Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has agreed to provide a 'back-leverage' loan to the 250MW Moapa solar energy facility in Nevada. The size of the loan has not been disclosed.
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Comment: Trump and Paris - who will have the last laugh?
02 June 2017As he announced that the US was to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, President Donald Trump claimed that the rest of the world was laughing at the US for signing the agreement, and they won't be laughing any longer.
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Investors with $15trn in AUM call on global governments to implement Paris Agreement
08 May 2017Investors representing more than $15 trillion in assets under management (AUM) have written to the governments of G7 and G20 countries calling on them to support and implement the commitments of the Paris Agreement, to limit global temperature increase to less than 2°C.
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Shareholders to march on AGM season buoyed by Paris & TCFD
31 March 2017With more than 100 environmental shareholder resolutions already filed, it is financial firms as well as the oil & gas majors that are in the firing line, reports Joe Walsh
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Green bonds round up, 22 March 2017
22 March 2017French rail operator SNCF Reseau is gearing up to issue its second green bond.
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Investors and businesses call on Trump to back Paris Agreement
15 March 2017Allianz, CalPERS and CalSTRS are among 1,000 investors and businesses to sign a statement calling for Donald Trump's administration to honour the Paris climate agreement.
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Volkswagen stock reacts positively to guilty plea
13 March 2017Volkswagen stock has reacted positively following the company's guilty plea to criminal charges in relation to the emissions scandal.
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Pension giant files five environmental shareholder resolutions
07 February 2017A US-based pension fund has filed five environmentally-focused shareholder resolutions with its portfolio companies.
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Kommuninvest issues largest ever SEK green bond
19 October 2016Swedish public sector lender Kommuninvest has priced the largest ever Swedish krona green bond, raising some SEK5 billion ($570 million).