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Green Sukuk - bonding Shari'ah and the environment
20 April 2017Green Sukuk could potentially satisfy demand from a broad spectrum of investors, but there are challenges to be overcome, say Tallat Hussain, Debashis Dey and Mindy Hauman
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ESG is correlated to performance in fixed income, study finds
19 April 2017There is a clear correlation between environmental, social and governance data and credit default swap spreads and credit ratings, research has found, although neither fully price-in the risks implied by this data.
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Climate finance 'needs equity not debt'
19 April 2017Equity rather than debt is more urgently needed to fill the $670 billion climate financing gap, according to one clean energy company director.
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First green bond from an insurer is launched
19 April 2017The first green bond from an insurance company has hit the market. Its proceeds will be used to finance and refinance a green bond portfolio.
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Introducing the Principles for Positive Impact Finance
19 April 2017The Principles have been designed to help meet the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals. But how will they be implemented? Peter Cripps reports
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Green bond round-up, 19 April 2017
19 April 2017The Nigerian government has announced that it is delaying the launch of its inaugural sovereign green bond until after its 2017 budget is passed.
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IFoA launches tender on climate change modelling for pension funds
18 April 2017The UK's Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) has launched a call for proposals to model climate change's effect on defined benefit pension schemes.
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PKA divests from five oil companies, considers 44 more
18 April 2017Danish Pension fund PKA has divested from five Canadian oil companies over concerns they are at risk of devaluation amid from attempts to tackle climate change.
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EU carbon market weekly update - 18 April 2017
18 April 2017As expected, EUA prices moved sideways last week amid muted trading, as the Easter holidays approached.
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Union Investment's green bond fund to exclude poor ESG performers
18 April 2017Union Investment's new green bond fund will not buy paper from issuers that fail to meet its environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, Environmental Finance can reveal.