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  • Mirova closes its third renewable energy fund at €350m

    05 July 2016

    Mirova, the responsible investment arm of France's Natixis Asset Management, has closed its renewable energy fund, Mirova-Eurofideme 3, after securing commitments amounting to €350 million ($388 million), way above its initial target of €200 million.

  • Resonance raises $300m for water fund

    05 July 2016

    Resonance Asset Management has announced the third close of its Industrial Water Infrastructure fund, having raised $300 million from six institutional investors.

  • EF BRIEFS: Pattern Energy, Coal India, Quercus

    04 July 2016

    US yieldco Pattern Energy is to buy the 324MW Broadview wind power facility in New Mexico and an associated 35 mile transmission line from Pattern Development, its main shareholder, for $269 million.

  • UK's fifth carbon budget aims to reduce emissions by 57%

    30 June 2016

    The UK has announced an ambitious target of cutting carbon emissions by 57% from their 1990 level in its fifth carbon budget.

  • NIB and BNP Paribas join GBP ExCom

    24 June 2016

    Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and BNP Paribas have appointed to the executive committee (ExCom) of the Green Bond Principles (GBP).

  • ESG ratings for funds

    22 June 2016

    Sustainability scores for funds are not perfect, but are a useful addition to the many tools available to responsible investors, reflects Hamza Ali

  • Revised GBPs get qualified welcome from investors

    22 June 2016

    New guidance for issuers of 'social' bonds and 'pure-play' green bonds, in the latest version of the Green Bond Principles (GBPs), has been broadly welcomed by investors.

  • Impax secures loan for Irish wind farm

    21 June 2016

    Impax Asset Management has received a package of bank funding to help build an Irish wind farm.

  • The changing climate for investors

    20 June 2016

    Just as the transition to a low-carbon economy is gathering pace, so are investors' responses.

  • Q&A: The FTSE4Good semi-annual review

    20 June 2016

    Danone was among companies added to the FTSE4Good Index today, as tougher inclusion criteria begin to bite. David Harris, ESG director at FTSE Russell provides further information