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Ship owners and NGOs object to EU ETS reform proposals
19 December 2016A proposed revision of the EU's pioneering Emissions Trading System (ETS) is facing strong opposition from ship owners and some environmental NGOs.
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UK railway pension fund invests in rooftop solar
12 December 2016RPMI Railpen, the pension scheme for the UK's railway industry, is to provide £20.3 million ($25.5 million) of inflation-linked debt capital to refinance a portfolio of rooftop solar installations owned by Foresight Group.
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Insurance industry takes two-track approach to forestry investment
14 July 2016Big insurers want to avoid correlation with natural catastrophe liabilities while smaller players dodge political risk
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EF BRIEFS: Enbridge, Foncière des Régions, Atlantis, Southern Power
10 May 2016Canadian energy company Enbridge has entered into a joint venture with a subsidiary of EDF to develop 1.4GW of offshore wind off the coast of France.
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Sustainable forestry - a budding market
10 March 2016Investors are increasingly seeing the merits of sustainable forestry. There are numerous ways to invest in this asset class, as Peter Cripps reports
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Forestry fund reaches $80m first close
09 February 2016A timberland investment management organisation (TIMO) has reached an $80 million first close on a forestry fund, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Now is 'the right time to invest in forestry'
01 February 2016The prospects for a burgeoning housing market recovery in the US mean that now is "an extremely attractive moment" to invest in forestry, according to one fund manager.
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Rayonier eases interest burden of joint venture with Phaunos
10 August 2015Rayonier, a major US timberland investor, has agreed to inject about $160 million from an existing term loan facility to pay off the debts of the Matariki Forestry Group, its New Zealand joint venture with the Phaunos Timber Fund.
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People moves
14 August 2014The latest people moves in the industry, including new recruits for SolarCity, Impax and Mirova
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China solar energy giant aims to raise $774m from new share issue
27 May 2014Shunfeng Photovoltaic International, China's largest independent solar energy company, plans to issue HK$6 billion ($774 million) of new shares to fund more utility-scale and distributed solar PV projects.