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Cubico raises €75m for renewables projects refinance in Italy
22 July 2019Cubico Sustainable Investments has raised €75 million ($84 million) in debt for the refinancing of 27.4MW of 14 renewables projects in Italy.
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Gordon appointed first CEO of UK's Impact Investing Institute
22 July 2019Sarah Gordon will be the first CEO of the newly formed Impact Investing Institute, which was launched last month to look for more effective ways for investors to combine financial returns with a social purpose.
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EDF signs ‘sustainable’ RCFs worth a combined €600m
22 July 2019EDF has agreed two ‘sustainability-indexed’ revolving credit facilities (RCFs) worth a combined €600 million ($673 million).
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People Moves: SEB, Crédit Agricole, Amundi, BNP Paribas, RLAM, SIF
19 July 2019Kaminker departs SEB, Crédit Agricole hires former HSBC head and more
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Members of UK taskforce on greening supply chains announced
19 July 2019The members of the UK's Global Resource Initiative (GRI) taskforce have been revealed, as they met for the first time to discuss how the country can green its international supply chain.
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Sweden plots 2020 green bond issuance
19 July 2019Sweden’s government has unveiled plans to issue a green bond next year, following a lengthy process of deliberation about whether to enter the market.
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Is Climate Action 100+ pushing hard enough?
19 July 2019The heavyweight investor engagement initiative has won some victories with fossil fuel giants. But should it be demanding more, asks Elena K Johansson.
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BlackRock launches low-carbon ESG funds for UK pension schemes
18 July 2019The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, has launched two new environmental, social and governance (ESG) themed authorised contractual scheme (ACS) funds that aims to reduce the carbon exposure of their portfolios by 50%, compared with their parent index. The funds were launched as a response to growing demand from UK pension schemes, BlackRock said.
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Allianz X, DWS invest in ESG data provider Arabesque S-Ray
18 July 2019Allianz X, the digital investment unit of Allianz Group, has led the series A funding round for Arabesque S-Ray, a provider of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data.
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Include proxy voting in Morningstar sustainability ratings, Pax urges
18 July 2019Morningstar should include in its sustainability ratings information on how funds vote their shares in line with advice from proxy voting firms, Pax World Funds has said.