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Canada's NatureBank commits to $14m sustainable cocoa project
08 May 2017NatureBank Asset Management has agreed a Limited Partnership (LP) with US firm Southern Harvest Partners and related companies, to invest $14 million into sustainable cocoa production in the Dominican Republic.
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Innergex and Desjardins expand French wind portfolio
08 May 2017Innergex Renewable Energy of Canada and the Desjardins Group pension plan have added a further three wind farms to their portfolio of wind energy assets in France.
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People Moves: EEM, Neuberger, Putnam
05 May 2017Adrian Rimmer has left his position of CEO of carbon markets exchange European Environmental Markets (EEM) to focus on his other business interests and projects.
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Green bond comment: April was all about innovation and infrastructure
03 May 2017April was a solid month for green bond issuance, raising some $5.6 billion. That figure is up on the $5.3 billion for the same month last year, mainly thanks to a RMB15000 ($2.2 billion) from Bank of Beijing, the biggest Chinese green bond of the year.
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Green bond round-up, 3 May 2017
03 May 2017Bank of Beijing has issued a RMB15 billion ($2.2 billion) green bond, the largest from a Chinese entity so far this year.
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Volvo to roadshow Europe's first green bond for automobiles
03 May 2017Volvo Cars is to issue the first green bond from a European car manufacturer, with the proceeds being used to finance cars that can be powered without fossil fuels.
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NY Green Bank signs $40.6m worth of deals in in Q1
28 April 2017New York Green Bank has closed six financing transactions in the first quarter of 2017 totalling $40.6 million.
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Ratings agencies 'don't sufficiently factor-in climate risk'
27 April 2017Sovereign credit ratings do not adequately factor-in long-term risks from climate change and other environmental factors, according to one assessment provider.
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Energy efficiency needs historic level of public-private cooperation
27 April 2017With the support of the public sector, over the next two to three years energy efficiency will rise up the corporate investment agenda and become more of a mainstream financing activity, writes Stephen Hibbert
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ING loan to Philips incentivises greater sustainability
21 April 2017ING has led a group of banks in an innovative loan deal with Philips that links the interest paybable on the loan to the electroics giant's sustainability performance.