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Glennmont eyes €600m for third clean energy fund
17 January 2018Glennmont Partners hopes to raise €600 million ($732 million) for its latest fund to finance more than 500MW of clean energy investment opportunities across Europe.
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RGGI poised for expansion?
17 January 2018The possibility of Virginia joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is to be discussed by the nine current participating states.
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Environmental risks again at top of World Economic Forum report
17 January 2018The four global risks exhibiting the highest impact with the greatest likelihood of materialising are all environmental, according to the latest Global Risks Report published today (17 January) by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
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ESG sector needs more simple data and definitions, says Northern Trust
17 January 2018Environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and metrics must be simplified to reflect the increasing importance of these factors for investors, according to Northern Trust Asset Management.
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Green securitisations offer growing EU investment opportunity, says NNIP
17 January 2018Forecasts of rapid growth in green securitisations – based on large numbers of small-scale climate-friendly projects in the EU – promise attractive opportunities for institutional investors, according to NN Investment Partners (NNIP).
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KfW re-enters SEK market with its first green bond of 2018
17 January 2018German development bank KfW has issued a SEK 1 billion ($120 million) green bond, its first in a 2018 issuing programme which it says will include two large issues of at least €1 billion ($1.22 billion) each.
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Survey aims to discover world's greenest financial centres
16 January 2018A survey has been launched that aims to compile a Global Green Finance Index (GGFI) by ranking the world's financial centres according to the quality and depth of their 'green finance' offerings.
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EU carbon market weekly update - 15 January 2018
15 January 2018This week's outlook for the EU carbon market remains bearish, against a backdrop of falling German power prices and an extra auction, says Louis Redshaw.
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Nasdaq launches second Nordic sustainable segment to meet green bond demand
15 January 2018Nasdaq's Swedish subsidiary has opened its second sustainable bond segment focused on the Nordics, to "meet increased demand for green bonds".
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Swedish finance minister positive on sovereign green bond prospects
15 January 2018A sovereign green bond issue could help Sweden achieve its goal of being a fossil-fuel-free country by 2040, but liquidity concerns must be overcome first, finance minister Per Bolund told Environmental Finance.