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  • Norges Bank backs climate and water shareholder resolutions

    20 April 2018

    The advisor to the world's largest sovereign wealth fund has thrown its weight behind climate-related shareholder resolutions with energy companies Imperial Oil and TransCanada.

  • CalPERS warns Elliott about short-termism on NRG

    21 August 2017

    US pensions giant CalPERS has warned NRG Energy against short-termism as the independent power producer works with activist shareholder Elliott Advisors to implement its new transformation strategy.

  • NRG yieldco sell-off 'unlikely' to spark bidding war

    21 July 2017

    A bidding war is unlikely in NRG Energy's sale of up to 100% of its stake in yieldco NRG Yield, even if strong interest exists, a financial analyst has said.

  • PKA divests from five oil companies, considers 44 more

    18 April 2017

    Danish Pension fund PKA has divested from five Canadian oil companies over concerns they are at risk of devaluation amid from attempts to tackle climate change.

  • The growing case for conservation finance

    Conservation finance may appear to be one of the most esoteric investment niches, but experimentation and innovation is giving way to proof of concept – attracting a growing number of institutional investors along the way. Mark Nicholls reports

  • EF BRIEFS: Dong Energy, Scatec Solar, Amarenco

    17 August 2016

    Denmark's Dong Energy has been granted approval by the UK government to build the world's largest offshore wind farm.

  • Infra fund backs £160m UK biomass plant

    08 August 2016

    A fund backed by 19 institutions has invested in the construction of a £160 million ($210 million) biomass project in the UK.

  • Brazilian paper company issues $500m green bond for forestry projects

    12 July 2016

    Suzano Papel e Celulose, one of Brazil's largest paper producers, has priced a $500 million green bond to fund a variety of potential projects associated with its production of eucalyptus pulp and paper.

  • EF BRIEFS: Dong, GreenStream, Pakistani Solar, Scatec

    01 February 2016

    Dong Energy said it will use the cashflows from its fossil- fuel exploration and production (E&P) activities to fund future investments in renewable energy.

  • EF BRIEFS: Aquila, Scatec Solar, Connecticut green bond

    11 November 2015

    Aquila Capital, an alternative investment specialist, has acquired Smakraft, the largest operator of small-scale hydro plants in Norway, for an undisclosed sum.