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  • Pension giant files five environmental shareholder resolutions

    07 February 2017

    A US-based pension fund has filed five environmentally-focused shareholder resolutions with its portfolio companies.

  • RINs market suffers as EPA delays new regulations

    02 February 2017

    The price of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) has dropped to a one-year low after the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would delay the implementation of regulations finalised at the end of the Obama administration.

  • EF BRIEFS: Washington State, NextEnergy, Entra, Societe Generale, Los Angeles

    21 September 2016

    Washington state's long-awaited carbon market will begin next year, the state's Department of Ecology has confirmed.

  • EF BRIEFS: Morgan Stanley, Georgia Power, RWE, Viridor

    04 March 2016

    Morgan Stanley has closed its second infrastructure fund, securing $3.6 billion from investors.

  • California insurance chief urges insurers to divest from coal

    26 January 2016

    Asset class risks rapid decline in value

  • Carbon investment fund launches

    20 January 2016

    A carbon investment fund has been launched to provide early-stage funding for US offset projects.

  • Deutsche Bank commits to building out ESG and impact investing

    30 October 2015

    Deutsche Bank has committed to expanding its sustainable investment offering as part of its drastic overhaul.

  • Anti-ESG guidance in US is repealed

    26 October 2015

    Influential guidance that discouraged US fiduciaries from taking account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment factors has been repealed, in "a major breakthrough for responsible investment in the US".

  • French renewables firm secures €100m in private equity financing

    12 October 2015

    Paris-based Eren Renewable Energy has secured approximately €100 million in equity financing from a consortium of four investors.

  • US companies commit to reduce GHG emissions - why not issue green bonds?

    31 August 2015

    A growing number of companies are taking strides to address their carbon footprint. Could issuing green bonds be the next step, asks Peter Ellsworth