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Generation Investment Management closes $1bn impact investing fund
22 May 2019Generation Investment Management LLP (GIM) has closed its $1 billion impact investment fund, Sustainable Solutions Fund III.
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Voltalia signs €100m sustainability-linked loan
21 May 2019French power producer Voltalia has signed a €100 million ($112 million) sustainability-linked loan, which the company claims is the first such deal by a pure-play renewables company.
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GIIN launches revamped investment impact managing system
21 May 2019A new tool aims to help investors better measure the impact of their activity, representing a "huge leap forward" for the industry.
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Sovereign green bonds are here to stay, says Ireland's NTMA
21 May 2019Green bonds will become a critical part of the sovereign fixed income market because they will help investors judge a country's strategy to shift to a low-carbon economy, according to Ireland's National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA).
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Coal utilities boosted by €16bn since Paris Agreement, say NGOs
21 May 2019Eight financial institutions have given Europe's 'most polluting utilities' almost €16 billion ($17 billion) in support since the Paris Agreement was signed in December 2015, a new briefing by NGO Europe Beyond Coal has found.
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WCI carbon market update, 20 May 2019
21 May 2019After last week's market rally, all eyes are on the outcome of the 14 May auction, says Nicolas Girod*
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Infrastructure for plastics recycling is ‘biggest growth opportunity'
21 May 2019Investment in infrastructure for recycling is where the growth opportunity for reducing plastic waste is most evident, according to Morgan Stanley.
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AllianceBernstein launches two SDG funds
21 May 2019Insurance clients particularly interested in Sustainable Global Thematic Credit Portfolio fund
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EU carbon market update – 20 May 2019
21 May 2019Despite just four auctions last week, EU allowances (EUAs) ended the week down 62c (-2.4%) at €24.98. The EUA price bounced around between €25 and €26 for most of the week, with moves below €25 finding support in the form of pent-up compliance buying and moves above €26 exhausting industrial and utility buying and finding speculative sellers.
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Low-carbon energy investment has stalled, IEA says
21 May 2019Global energy investment has stabilised at $1.8 trillion after three years of decline, but investment in low-carbon energy has stalled, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).