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Green bonds: ANZ joins the global rush

By : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2015

ANZ announced on Friday it would in the next two weeks issue its first green bond, joining NAB, Westpac and Stockland with a product that continues to storm global investment markets.

Chief executive of the Climate Bond Initiative Sean Kidney told The Fifth Estate in...

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Subject Tags: climate change , Financing

BPCL to provide viability gap fund for garbage plant

By : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2015

The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) will provide viability gap fund for the proposed new waste treatment plant to be set up by the Corporation of Cochin.

Executive Director of BPCL’s Kochi refinery Prasad Panicker said on Tuesday that the corporation would...

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China readies national carbon market to fight climate change

By : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2015

BEIJING -- At first, the numbers and company names flashing on a big board in Beijing's financial district suggest a booming market.

A closer look indicates otherwise: The scrolling list rotates the same dozen or so trades, all from last year.

The lights from...

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Japan Signature Activates World’s Green Climate Fund

By : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2015

On Friday, climate change efforts across the world reached a very important milestone: the release of $5 billion to begin the work of the Green Climate Fund, which will become the main financial operator of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Initial climate...

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