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'Toolkit' launched to help conservation finance scale up
20 January 2016Green bonds issued by sovereigns to finance environmental conservation, and closed-ended funds focusing on assets such as sustainable timber, are among the products that can help the conservation finance market reach up to $200-$400 billion by 2020, according to a new report.
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Generate Capital provided $150m financing in 2015
18 January 2016SunEdison co-founder Jigar Shah's Generate Capital has financed $150 million of resource efficiency projects in 2015, according to the company.
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Not all types of water projects should be considered green
23 October 2015There is a huge need for infrastructure spending on water projects. But not all of these investments should be eligible for green bonds, argues Giulio Boccaletti
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Inflection Point Capital to advise Norway's sovereign wealth fund
24 August 2015Inflection Point Capital Management, a London-based sustainability advisory company, has secured a four-year consultancy contract to advise Norway's $870 billion sovereign wealth fund.
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Althelia raises €15m through Nature Conservation Notes
12 January 2015A new investment product launched by Althelia Ecosphere and Credit Suisse has raised €15 million ($17.8 million) to be invested in ecosystem preservation projects.
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Jigar Shah launches Generate Capital
05 December 2014SunEdison founder Jigar Shah has joined forces with a number of other big hitters in the renewables space to launch what it claims is "the first dedicated resource-efficiency finance company".
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Cleantech sector is emerging from consolidation – McKinsey
22 April 2014The poor performance of many cleantech equity indexes does not mean the sector is failing. Rather, much of it "is just leaving the disillusionment or consolidation phase," say analysts at consultancy McKinsey.
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Wider pool of investors likely for solar assets, says McKinsey
02 April 2014As the number of solar energy installations continues to increase, new financing options are emerging that will attract a broader range of investors to the sector, according to consultants McKinsey & Co.
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Abandon quarterly reporting, McKinsey head tells firms and investors
27 March 2014Companies should abandon quarterly reporting, according to the head of consultancy McKinsey & Co, as he claimed asset managers and asset owners hold the key to pushing corporates away from short-term thinking.
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Conservation finance 'has $300bn a year market potential', says report
30 January 2014The development of a market to finance conservation projects could attract between $200 billion and $300 billion of private capital per year, a new report has claimed.