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TCFD Reaction: 'Turning point for climate disclosure'
14 December 2016The launch of TCFD's recommendations were today hailed as a landmark moment for investors campaigning to have climate considerations integrated into mainstream reporting.
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Task Force issues specific guidance for the financial sector
14 December 2016A key aim of the FSB Task Force is to encourage disclosures that "would enable stakeholders to understand better the concentrations of carbon-related assets in the financial sector and the financial system's exposures to climate-related risks."
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TCFD's long-awaited report revealed
14 December 2016After a year of intensive work, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) today laid out its eagerly-awaited recommendations designed to help standardise and mainstream considerations about the impacts of climate change on companies.
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Organisations should use existing climate scenario analysis or develop their own, says TCFD
14 December 2016Companies should use a range of existing, publicly-available climate-related scenario analysis or develop their own in order to assess the risks posed to their business by climate change, according to the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
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RECs in reverse
14 December 2016This year has seen a reversal of fortunes for some renewable energy certificate (REC) markets, with some of last year's best performing US markets seeing big price drops, while EU and Australian markets saw record gains. Hamza Ali reports
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Quercus reaches €150m first close on European renewables funds
13 December 2016Quercus Assets Selection has secured €150 million ($160 million) for its three renewable energy funds launched late last year.
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Carbon markets face fresh uncertainty
13 December 2016Political changes in the UK and US have reversed recent progress towards greater clarity in the world's largest carbon markets, says Graham Cooper
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Back to the (uncertain) future
12 December 2016Despite setbacks in some key markets, the winners of this year's Environmental Finance Market Rankings are generally bullish about the growth of existing trading systems and the creation of new ones
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Allianz buys 80% of €330m wind farm portfolio
12 December 2016Allianz Global Investors has bought 80% of a €330 million onshore wind farm portfolio in Germany through its energy and infrastructure fund Allianz Renewable Energy Fund II.
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EU carbon market weekly update - 12 December 2016
12 December 2016The price risk for EU Allowances is skewed to the upside this week, as the auction shutdown approaches, says Louis Redshaw.