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  • Divesting bonds from high-carbon issuers 'would not sacrifice alpha'

    16 March 2017

    Bond portfolios that divest issues from companies with high carbon footprints would not sacrifice significant alpha, research has suggested.

  • Pension funds back Scandinavian infrastructure fund with DKK8.8bn

    16 March 2017

    Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has launched a new energy infrastructure fund targeting renewables, with initial commitments of DKK8.8 billion ($1.3 billion).

  • Engie issues second green bond

    15 March 2017

    French utility Engie has issued a two tranche €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) green bond.

  • Green bond round-up, 15 March 2017

    15 March 2017

    Dutch investor NN Investment Partners has included green bonds in its recently launched multi-asset fund.

  • California carbon market raises $3.4bn for GHG reductions

    15 March 2017

    The California carbon market auctions have raised $3.4 billion for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction programmes and projects in the state since its inception in 2013, $1.2 billion of which has been invested.

  • Investors and businesses call on Trump to back Paris Agreement

    15 March 2017

    Allianz, CalPERS and CalSTRS are among 1,000 investors and businesses to sign a statement calling for Donald Trump's administration to honour the Paris climate agreement.

  • EF BRIEFS: Invenergy, Green Climate Fund, Borealis

    15 March 2017

    Invenergy, a Chicago-based clean energy company, has bought a 64MW solar power plant in Uruguay for an undisclosed price.

  • People Moves; Lightsource, SgurrEnergy, Climate & Energy Associates, CBL Markets, Ecosphere+

    15 March 2017

    Lightsource Renewable Energy has hired James Brooks as chief strategy officer.

  • Clean-tech in China: time to smell the air

    14 March 2017

    East Capital has refocused its China strategy on the environment. François Perrin tells Joe Walsh why.

  • Irish renewables investment firm launched

    14 March 2017

    A UK-based asset manager has announced the launch of an Irish renewables investment firm, which opened its account with the purchase of a 137MW wind farm portfolio.