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People: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, PRI
27 April 2017Former executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Christiana Figueres has been appointed to the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves' Leadership Council.
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Lombard Odier launches global ESG equities fund
27 April 2017Lombard Odier Investment Managers (IM) has launched a global environmental, social and governance (ESG) focused equities fund, as it ramps up its of impact investment offerings.
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Ratings agencies 'don't sufficiently factor-in climate risk'
27 April 2017Sovereign credit ratings do not adequately factor-in long-term risks from climate change and other environmental factors, according to one assessment provider.
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Asset owners with $12.5trn of AUM warned on climate change
27 April 2017Asset owners with $12.5 trillion of assets under management (AUM) are still failing to demonstrate they are taking action to mitigate climate risk, and have been warned "the time may be approaching when it is too late to avoid portfolio losses".
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Energy efficiency needs historic level of public-private cooperation
27 April 2017With the support of the public sector, over the next two to three years energy efficiency will rise up the corporate investment agenda and become more of a mainstream financing activity, writes Stephen Hibbert
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Total outstanding green bond issuance speeds past $200bn
26 April 2017A record breaking first quarter helped total outstanding green bond issuance smash the $200 billion figure, according to the Green Bond Database published by Environmental Finance.
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LuxFlag to launch 'Green Bond' label
26 April 2017The Luxembourg Finance Labelling Agency (LuxFlag) will launch a 'Green Bond' label later this year, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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Green bond round-up, 26 April 2017
26 April 2017Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, a subsidiary of California-based health provider Kaiser Permanente, is gearing up to issue its inaugural green bond.
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S&P launches beefed-up green bond evaluation tool
26 April 2017S&P Global has launched its long-awaited Green Evaluation Tool after beefing-up the list of mitigation projects it can assess.
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Northam to head GIB as Kingsbury leaves role
25 April 2017Shaun Kingsbury will step down as CEO of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) following its acquisition by a consortium led by Australian bank Macquarie Group for £2.3 billion ($2.9 billion).