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Q&A with Christian Thimann, a leading light in sustainable finance
09 February 2018The chair of HLEG and vice-chair of the TCFD shares his views on the reports' key findings and their implications for the insurance sector.
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Chinese green bond market needs to grow further
09 February 2018Green bond issuance from China has to grow tenfold in just three years if the country is to have a large slice of the $1 trillion target per year by 2020, a report has argued.
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Three yieldcos sold in less than a week
08 February 2018A yieldco sale frenzy over the past couple of days has seen deals struck to buy NRG Yield, 8point3 and Saeta Yield.
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Insurers slammed for backing Polish coal plants
08 February 2018Allianz, Munich Re and Generali have been criticised for their involvement in a new coal power plant in Poland, while Axa and Aviva are also under fire for the limitations of their coal divestment policies.
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Exxon takes encouraging disclosure steps but must go further, investors say
08 February 2018The latest climate-related disclosures by oil giant ExxonMobil fail to go far enough in setting out how climate change is likely to impact its business, say an influential group of investors that led last year's successful shareholder resolution against the company.
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BlackRock among the investors as cleantech company raises C$280m
08 February 2018Cleantech company Enerkem has completed its largest investment round, which saw BlackRock and Sinobioway become shareholders.
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Green bond comment, January 2018: What has the green bond market ever done for us?
08 February 2018In the classic film Monty Python's Life of Brian, a group plotting to overthrow the Roman Empire ask: 'What have the Romans ever done for us?'
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Green bond round-up, 07 February 2018
07 February 2018Belgium is expected to commence a series of meetings with investors tomorrow as it officially revealed its intention to issue a green bond "in the near future".
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BNP plans to double renewables financing by 2020
07 February 2018BNP Paribas aims to double its annual financing of renewable energy projects to €15 billion ($18.5 billion) in 2020 from €7.2 billion in 2015 and to remain among the top three underwriters of euro-denominated green bonds this year.
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£17bn Church Investors Group to crack down on climate laggards
07 February 2018The UK's Church Investors Group (CIG) will take a harder line on companies failing to take action on climate change by voting against the re-election of directors, as part of its updated proxy voting policy.