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Transparency drive aims to boost demand for $500m green bond
25 September 2013The African Development Bank will name the projects that receive funding from a planned $500 million green bond issue, and detail the carbon savings they generate, as it seeks to increase transparency for investors.
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Renewables: a hotspot for the weather risk market
23 September 2013Requests for weather risk products from renewable energy developers and investors are mounting, providing market participants with long sought-after new demand. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports
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US generator eyes cost savings from more renewables
17 September 2013A major US utility expects to save "a substantial amount" for its customers by sharply increasing the amount of wind power capacity in its generation mix.
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BoA, UBS in, but HSBC out of sustainability index
12 September 2013Bank of America, UBS and United Parcel Service are the largest of 39 companies admitted to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), following an annual review of constituents carried out by sustainable investment specialist RobecoSAM.
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GIIN issues measurement guide for impact investors
04 September 2013A guide to help investors measure the social and environmental impacts of their investments, as well as their financial performance, has been launched by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).
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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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Senior weather risk appointment made
03 June 2013A subsidiary of OTC Global Holdings has hired a new weather markets director.