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  • TRIG to expand into battery storage assets with £50m share raise

    23 March 2017

    The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) is looking to raise £50 million ($62.4 million) through issuing new shares as it is set to help it acquire its first battery storage asset.

  • Businesses offered tool to assess financial impact of poor water quality

    22 March 2017

    A method of assessing the financial impact on a business of inadequate water quality has been added to the Water Risk Monetizer tool offered by US company Ecolab.

  • Time for investors to wake up to water risks, says MSCI

    22 March 2017

    Now is the time for investors to wake up to water risk, MSCI has claimed.

  • RMS moving towards climate change-adjusted rainfall modelling

    22 March 2017

    Too uncertain to consider today, but also too big to ignore

  • Asset manager devises Sustainable Development Goals tagging system

    22 March 2017

    An asset manager has developed a system to tag equities according to whether they help meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Green bonds round up, 22 March 2017

    22 March 2017

    French rail operator SNCF Reseau is gearing up to issue its second green bond.

  • Actiam aims for 'water-neutrality'

    22 March 2017

    Dutch asset manager Actiam said it aims to make its investment portfolio 'water-neutral' by 2030.

  • Stranded assets are real threat to industry - Lloyd's

    22 March 2017

    Insurance companies have been warned again about the risk of their assets becoming 'stranded' in the transition to a low-carbon economy, this time by Lloyd's of London.

  • Nippon Life pledges to invest a further JPY200bn in ESG bonds

    21 March 2017

    Japanese insurer Nippon Life has pledged to invest a further JPY200 billion ($1.7 billion) in environmental, social and governance (ESG) themed bonds and similar products as part of a responsibility drive.

  • First green hybrid debt set to issue

    21 March 2017

    A major European green bond issuer is gearing up to issue the first green-labelled hybrid security.