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Goldman Sachs appoints Hugh Lawson as head of ESG
12 June 2015Goldman Sachs has appointed Hugh Lawson, a managing director and partner at the investment bank, as global head of environmental, social and governance (ESG).
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Sweden's Export Credit Agency plans first green bond
12 June 2015The Swedish Export Credit Agency (SEK) is roadshowing its first green bond.
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Tracing the Origin of Power
For a growing number of companies, electricity is a prime resource in the value chain. Being able to trace the origin of power has never been more important...
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Capital Stage purchases nine Italian solar farms
12 June 2015German solar energy operator Capital Stage has purchased a portfolio of nine Italian solar farms in the latest acquisition using its innovative partnership with German insurer, Gothaer Versicherung.
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RET Capital agrees C$66m loan to buy Canadian Solar project
12 June 2015A North American renewables firm has secured financing to buy a solar plant from Canadian Solar.
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Mirova launches €65m green bond fund
12 June 2015Mirova has launched a €65 million ($73 million) green bond fund – the biggest of its kind to date.
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Latvian utility ups green bond to €75m
12 June 2015Latvenergo, the Latvian state-owned electricity company, has upped its green bond offering by 50% due to investor demand.
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Prospects for REDD+ boosted by Bonn agreement
12 June 2015After 10 years of negotiations over the UN's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+ ) programme, diplomats in Bonn have made an eleventh hour agreement which will likely be carried into the Paris climate summit later this year.
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Will we even be using oil when Petrobras' bonds mature in 2115?
11 June 2015Petrobras' recent launch of a notional $2.5 billion worth of 100-year bonds has been viewed as evidence that investors, particularly those with long-term commitments such as pension funds and insurers, are desperate for yield.
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Green bonds 'can help achieve $100bn climate finance goal'
11 June 2015Green bonds have been named one of the four instruments available to financial institutions to help ramp climate finance up to its $100 billion a year target.