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EF BRIEFS: Floreat Group, Orix, ICAO, Marguerite Fund, Dong, Endurance
10 February 2016London-based private investment firm Floreat Group has made its first move into the renewables sector, investing $50 million in UK biomass via a newly-created energy firm.
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93% of US-listed companies 'affected by climate risk'
10 February 2016Climate risk affects 93% of the US equities market, according to a report.
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Climate disclosure task force urged to recommend 2°C stress test
10 February 2016Fossil fuel companies should stress test their businesses for a future in which global warming is limited to 2°C and disclose the results to investors.
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AGL Energy launches A$3bn renewables fund
10 February 2016Just a week after it exited the gas sector, Australia's AGL Energy announced plans to launch an A$3 billion ($2.1 billion) renewables fund, as part of its strategy to realign to a "cleaner future".
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Forestry fund reaches $80m first close
09 February 2016A timberland investment management organisation (TIMO) has reached an $80 million first close on a forestry fund, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Indian renewables firm launches INR3bn green bond
09 February 2016Hero Future Energies has commenced the sale of the first green notes under India's new green bond standards.
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Sustainalytics names 10 companies poised to benefit from carbon-constrained world
08 February 2016Sustainalytics has named 10 companies poised to benefit from a carbon-constrained world, following the landmark climate change accord in Paris last year.
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GBPs 'are not evolving into standards'
08 February 2016The body overseeing the Green Bond Principles (GBPs) has denied rumours that signatories are exploring the possibility of developing a set of standards, although it has emerged that five working groups have been set up to help guide their evolution.
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EF BRIEFS: GIB, WKN & John Laing, EY, UGE acquires Endura
08 February 2016Gregor Paterson-Jones has left the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) and joined the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI), as an investment committee member.
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EU carbon market weekly update - 8 February 2016
08 February 2016As carbon prices reach 20-month lows, Louis Redshaw asks if further falls could be on the cards
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