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People Moves
10 July 2015A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at Senvion, Hannon Armstrong and Abengoa
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Most green bonds include second opinion, according to CBI data
11 December 2014More than half of green bonds issued in 2014 included a second opinion on their environmental credentials, according to data from the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).
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CH2M Hill provides second opinion on latest US municipal green bond
18 November 2014CH2M Hill has become the latest verification firm to enter the green bond market, providing its inaugural second opinion on a $175 million issue from the city of Spokane, to be launched today.
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Green bonds: of indexes, verifiers and the pursuit of standards
13 November 2014The question of what is green continues to haunt the green bond market, says Peter Cripps
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Oekom approved as verifier of climate bonds
03 November 2014Oekom Research, a specialist German rating agency, has been approved as a verifier of green bonds by the Climate Bond Standards Board.
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Trucost to enter green bond market
30 October 2014Environmental data firm Trucost is set to join the growing throng of verifiers servicing the rapidly expanding green bond market.
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ERAFP to reduce carbon in €750m portfolio
30 September 2014French public service pension scheme, ERAFP, is to reduce by 40% the carbon intensity of a €750 million ($951.4 million) portfolio managed by Amundi.
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Fund to launch following new resource efficiency index
15 September 2014Investment firm VIS Essential Investments is to launch a resource efficiency fund later this year to accompany its new index.
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Infrastructure funds should address stranded assets fears, pension fund argues
09 April 2014There is a lack of diversified infrastructure funds that take into account carbon risk, the chief investment officer of the UK Environment Agency's pension fund has claimed.
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Engage on stranded assets, don't divest, pension fund advised
08 April 2014The £2.3 billion ($3.8 billion) pension fund of the UK's Environment Agency has been advised to engage with fossil fuel companies about the risk of stranded assets, rather than divest its holdings.