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Dredging firm Van Oord signs first green loan for LNG ships
02 June 2020Dutch offshore contracting firm Van Oord has secured its inaugural green loan to finance three liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fuelled dredging vessels in a bid to reduce the emissions of its fleet.
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ESG data providers taking impact data seriously - ISS ESG
02 June 2020Specialist sustainability data providers including ISS ESG are aware of the "enormous demand" for products that focus on assessing positive and negative impact of investments, according to the company.
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Blue like an Orange raises $200m for Latin America impact fund
02 June 2020Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital has raised $200 million at final close of its inaugural impact fund, which will target positive social impact in Latin America via private lending.
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EU carbon market update: 2 June 2020
02 June 2020The short-term outlook for EU Allowances is bearish, despite some bullish technical signals, says Tom Lord*
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Less than half of green bond funds are ESG leaders, says MSCI
01 June 2020Less than half of green bond funds were ranked as leaders in terms of their environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials, according to MSCI ESG Fund Ratings.
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Guernsey launches green private equity principles
01 June 2020The British territory of Guernsey has launched a set of voluntary green private equity principles, which, it says, are aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the EU Taxonomy on Sustainable Finance.
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WCI Carbon Market Update, 1 June 2020
01 June 2020In light of many allowances remaining unsold in the May auction, new supply-side mechanisms could be introduced which could be bullish for prices, says Nicolas Girod*.
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Australian impact investments set to grow five-fold by 2025 - RIAA
01 June 2020Exponential growth in Australian investments targeting positive social and environmental impact as well as financial returns could propel the overall size of the market to more than AUD100 billion ($67.3 billion) by 2025, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA).
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Sustainalytics CEO defends pure-play green bond
01 June 2020Sustainalytics has defended its decision to give a second party opinion to a green bond for general corporate purposes, reigniting the debate about whether so-called pure-play companies should be able to access the market.
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Largest private pension scheme in UK announces first divestments
01 June 2020The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has announced it will not invest in tobacco, coal, and controversial weaponry firms under its exclusions policy, though campaigners are pressing for the £68 billion ($84 billion) fund to divest from other fossil fuel firms.