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Renew Financial issues $115m Pace bond
07 November 2016California-based clean energy finance company Renew Financial has completed the securitisation of a $115 million residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (Pace) bond.
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Investors with €5trn of assets call for halt to arctic oil drilling
07 November 2016A group of institutional investors, representing €5 trillion ($5.52 trillion) of assets under management, have called for a "permanent moratorium" on arctic oil drilling.
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EU carbon market weekly update - 7 November 2016
07 November 2016Continuing nuclear power problems in France, a modest week of auctions, and cold weather add up to a bullish outlook for EU Allowance prices this week, says Louis Redshaw
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Paris Agreement comes into force
04 November 2016Investors and businesses had a renewed impetus to embrace the emerging low-carbon economy today, as the Paris Agreement to limit global warming at 2°C officially came into force.
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EF BRIEFS: Hannon Armstrong, Enercorn
04 November 2016US clean energy investment firm Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) is looking to raise approximately $70 million from the sale of 3.5 million shares.
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People Moves: Mainstream, Manulife, EBRD
04 November 2016Mainstream Renewable Power has appointed James McGinnis as chief executive officer (CEO) to run its newly created financing and investment arm, Mainstream Renewable Capital.
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Aviva earmarks two coal companies for divestment
04 November 2016Aviva has earmarked two coal companies for "potential divestment", and is considering ditching eight others that are not responding to its requests for engagement.
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World Bank sells half of pre-COP green bond to Maryland
04 November 2016The World Bank has issued a $500 million green bond ahead of the UN Summit on Climate Change (COP22) - half of which was bought by the US state of Maryland.
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GBPs launch resource centre
03 November 2016The Green Bond Principles (GBPs) have officially launched a resource centre that aims to help investors more easily find relevant and standardised information on issues.
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Paris' 15-point plan to become the green financial centre of the world
03 November 2016Paris has released a masterplan outlining its ambition to become the green financial centre of the world.
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- SBTi warms to offsets, in massive move for voluntary carbon market
- White Paper 3 - The role of ESG disclosure in sustainable bond investment decisions
- 'Naive' to think nature disclosures will help scale up investment, UK MPs hear
- EU should create 'sustainability-linked green bond' label, says IEEFA
- TNFD and GRI collaborate on interoperability
- World Bank releases 'game-changing' streamlined impact metrics
- RWE issues debut US dollar green bond amid growing issuance plans