University of Virginia launches $92m green bond
The University of Virginia is set to become the latest university to tap the green bond market after…
Debt,Green Bonds
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The University of Virginia is set to become the latest university to tap the green bond market after…
Debt,Green Bonds
The first green bond from an oil company has been issued.
Debt,Green Bonds
Insurers need to keep a close eye on fossil fuel assets that might be affected by climate change legislation,…
Stranded Assets
Yes Bank has raised INR10 billion ($161.2 million) through issuing India’s first green bond, raising…
Green Bonds,Renewables
An offshore wind venture in the US has become the first in the country to reach financial close, raising…
Debt,Equity,Investors,Renewables
Santander has bowed to pressure to withdraw finance from the paper company Asia Pacific Resources International…
Corporate,Debt
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a green bond in Turkish lira.
Debt,Green Bonds
A “landmark” deal has secured the first ever project financing for a UK gasification plant that derives…
Debt,Equity,Renewables
In an unusual transaction, Abengoa will issue $279 million of two-year convertible notes which will convert…
Corporate,Debt,Equity,Renewables
Bluefield Solar Income Fund confirmed it is on target to pay a 7p (10.8 cents) dividend this year despite…
Equity,Renewables
Industry and NGOs have given a mixed reception to the European Commission’s new proposals to improve…
Carbon,Policy,Renewables
Solar energy construction in the UK is set to be decimated after the technology failed to compete with…
Policy,Renewables
Renewable energy firm Northland Power plans to raise C$270 million ($217 million) in equity sales to…
Corporate,Equity,Renewables
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) gave shareholders a 7.5% return last year, according to its…
Debt,Equity,Renewables
Industry and investor groups have welcomed yesterday’s vote by the EU Parliament’s environment committee…
Carbon,Investors,Policy
Emma Howard Boyd will take over as chair of responsible investment charity ShareAction in April.
People
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has further expanded its range of green bonds, with its first issue…
Debt,Green Bonds
A vote in favour of reforming Europe’s carbon market failed to boost prices, says Louis Redshaw
Carbon,Policy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to spur a boom in renewables. Charles Yates looks at the opportunity – and some of the challenges – that lie ahead
Renewables
The European Commission’s plan to unify capital markets announced this week can benefit renewables and energy efficiency firms, argues Martin Schoenberg
Investors,Policy,Renewables
The oil rout and the intensifying stranded assets debate have boosted investor interest in low-carbon indexes. What are the differences between the growing number of products on offer, and how are they performing? Sophie Robinson-Tillett reports
Equity,Investors,Stranded Assets
Glennmont Partners is one of Europe’s largest clean energy investors, having raised €937 million since 2009. CEO Joost Bergsma tells Graham Cooper how the firm – and the market – has evolved.
Corporate,Investors,Markets,Renewables
As climate negotiators meet in Geneva, Dirk Forrister argues that businesses have a key role to play helping shape policy on the road to Paris
Carbon
Ditching fossil fuels was a catalyst for outperforming its benchmark, says Erin Gray
Equity,Investors
Carbon is well and truly back on the agenda for the aviation sector in 2015. Airlines should prepare for the risk that the price of emission allowances could lift significantly in coming years, argue Louis Redshaw and Julien Dufour.
Carbon
A Market Stability Reserve (MSR) has been proposed to deal with the oversupply of allowances that has depressed prices and trading activity in the EU emissions trading system (ETS) in recent years. Several designs for the MSR have been proposed, with varying impacts on EUA prices, say analysts at ICIS Tschach Solutions in a new White Paper.
Carbon,Markets
Green Climate Fund,
Location: South Korea
Salary: Competitive
Closing date: 20 March 2015
The Green Climate Fund is looking for a Special Assistant to play a key role in supporting the Executive Director
Green Climate Fund,
Location: South Korea
Salary: Competitive
Closing date: 16 March 2015
The Green Climate Fund is offering a unique opportunity to be part of a start-up in international climate finance that offers stimulating challenges.
Natural Capital Declaration (Global Canopy Programme),
Location: Oxford, London or Geneva
Salary: Circa £20,000
Closing date: 10 March
The Natural Capital Declaration (NCD), a joint initiative between Global Canopy Programme (GCP) and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI), is seeking a Research Associate well-versed in investment and banking/credit products in the financial sector.
Growing investor demand for catastrophe exposure is helping the insurance sector change how it manages natural disaster risk, Barney Schauble of Nephila Advisors tells Environmental Finance