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Ambachtsheer leaves Mercer to join BNP
20 July 2018Jane Ambachtsheer has left her role at consultancy giant Mercer to join BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM).
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Green Investment Group closes €270m Swedish wind project
20 July 2018Macquarie's Green Investment Group (GIG) has reached a €270 million ($310 million) financial close on an onshore wind project backed by one of the longest corporate wind power purchase agreements (PPAs) in existence.
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Lessons from the Nordics
19 July 2018The Nordic countries are in the vanguard of the green bond market, leading the march in areas such as impact reporting. Michael Hurley asks what lessons the rest of the world can learn
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EU action plan could stifle low-carbon benchmarks, warns FTSE Russell
19 July 2018European Commission proposals to introduce minimum standards for low-carbon and ‘positive carbon impact’ benchmarks could stifle innovation, a leading index provider has said.
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90% of Green Finance Summit participants vote for mandatory TCFD
19 July 2018There was 90% support for making the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) mandatory within five years, according to a poll of the audience at the Green Finance Summit in London.
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Climate reference in UK pensions legislation would be ‘unhelpful’, argues PLSA
19 July 2018A UK government proposal to require pension trustees to include climate change in their Statement of Investment Principles (SIPs) is misguided and could create more problems than it solves, according to a trade association.
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Green bonds round-up, 18 July 2018
18 July 2018Terna, the operator of the Italian electricity grid, has entered the green bond market for the first time, with a €750 million ($872 million) offering maturing in July 2023.
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Aviva Investors finances €1.5bn windfarm
18 July 2018Aviva Investors has joined a syndicate of 13 international lenders to participate in the €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) financing of the German 396 MW Merkur offshore windfarm.
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HSBC is top underwriter of sustainability bonds in H1
18 July 2018HSBC was the biggest underwriter of sustainability bonds in the first half of 2018, according to figures from Environmental Finance.
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Credit Agricole tops H1 social bond chart
18 July 2018Credit Agricole was the biggest underwriter of labelled social bonds in the first half of 2018.