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EF BRIEFS: San Francisco water bond, Capital Stage, NextEnergy, Vestas
20 May 2016The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) has become the first entity to issue a green bond certified under the Water Climate Bonds Standard, coming to market with a $240 million offering.
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Norway's sovereign wealth fund to sue Volkswagen
16 May 2016Norway's $850 billion oil fund has told the media it will sue Volkswagen (VW) over last year's emissions test scandal.
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More banks and corporates endorse World Bank's carbon pricing coalition
19 April 2016Several more banks, industrial groups and national governments have signed up to join the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) which was launched at the Paris Climate Summit in December.
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Danish wind firm set to tap green bond market for €50m
23 September 2015Danish renewables firm LM Wind Power is planning to issue a €50 million ($56 million) green bond.
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Aviva signs up to Montreal Carbon Pledge
09 September 2015Aviva Investors has signed up to the Montreal Carbon Pledge, saying that climate change poses 'clear risks' to long-term investment.
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NWB Bank issues largest SSA green bond of the year
27 August 2015Dutch public sector lender Nederlandse WaterschapsBank (NWB) has issued a €1 billion ($1.13 billion) green bond – the largest euro-denominated transaction of this kind to come out of a supranational, sub-sovereign and agency (SSA) this year.
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$2.2bn infra fund targeting renewables reaches financial close
03 July 2015One of the biggest infrastructure funds in Europe has reached financial close, securing DKK14.7 billion ($2.2 billion) from 19 investors in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK.
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400MW German offshore wind project reaches €1.9bn close
30 June 2015The German 400MW offshore wind project Veja Mate has reached a €1.9 billion ($2.1 billion) financial close.
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BNP Paribas signs up to Montreal Carbon Pledge
22 May 2015BNP Paribas is the latest investor to throw its weight behind the Montreal Carbon Pledge (MCP) to promote decarbonisation.
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Scandinavian investment fund buys DKK1.6bn UK biomass plant
11 March 2015A fund that has received commitments from 10 Scandinavian institutional investors has bought a UK biomass plant for DKK1.6 billion ($232 million).