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African yieldco gets GIG-backed blended finance boost
17 January 2019The planned launch of an African renewables yieldco has been boosted with R1 billion ($72.8 million) in cornerstone investment from Investec and a UK-based public-private-partnership.
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Investa and ANZ seal first Australian corporate green loan
17 January 2019ANZ has arranged a green loan worth AUD170 million ($122 million) with real estate company Investa, which claims it is the first such loan in Australia.
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Canadian report sets out three-year-pathway for mandatory climate disclosure
17 January 2019Sustainable investments of private investors can only flow if governments provide certainty about investment conditions and make climate disclosure mandatory, a report said.
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Green bonds round-up, 16 January
16 January 2019Italian energy company Enel has returned to the green bond market, with its third such deal, raising €1 billion ($1.1 billion).
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Barclays' energy policy backs tar sand projects with 'big money', say campaigners
16 January 2019Barclays' revised energy policy has been criticised by environmental pressure groups as underwhelming in ambition, as it provides "big money" for tar sand projects.
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Masdar enters US with wind farm acquisition
16 January 2019Abu Dhabi-based renewables company Masdar has made its first US investments, acquiring two wind farms in New Mexico and Texas.
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Environmental concerns top World Economic Forum's risk lists
16 January 2019Environmental risks have once again dominated the World Economic Forum (WEF) lists of the most likely and impactful risks facing the world.
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PGGM and Shell consider joint bid for Eneco
15 January 2019Dutch pension fund manager PGGM is exploring the possibility of joining forces with energy giant Shell to make a bid for green energy company Eneco.
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Corporates converge to increase sustainable finance influence
15 January 2019A group of Europe’s largest corporate issuers of green and sustainable bonds has created a forum to help ‘put business at the forefront’ of the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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Top lead managers of 2018 predict buoyant green, social and sustainability bond market
15 January 2019The biggest underwriters in the green, social and sustainability (GSS) bond market in 2018 have predicted a strong year of issuance.
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