Archive

  • Banking climate principles to be launched next week

    03 December 2015

    A new set of climate changes principles for the banking industry are set to be launched on Monday, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Development banks issue updated guide to help green bond issuers with impact reporting

    02 December 2015

    A group of development banks has published updated impact reporting guidelines for green bond issuers, saying that the market is the "litmus test" for wider climate finance.

  • Can Paris deliver a meaningful climate deal?

    07 October 2015

    Attempts to build a global agreement from a series of national pledges will help industry and financiers plan low-carbon investments beyond 2020, even if they don't restrict global warming to 2°C, says Graham Cooper

  • African renewables fund reaches $200m target

    21 September 2015

    The Berkeley Energy-managed African Renewable Energy Fund (AREF) has achieved its funding target of $200 million following an investment from the European Investment Bank (EIB).

  • People round-up

    05 August 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at SEP,Greentech Capital, The African Development Bank, the Solar Energy Industry Association, Statkraft and Good Energy

  • Gareth Phillips joins African Development Bank

    04 August 2015

    Gareth Phillips has joined the African Development Bank in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, as chief climate and green growth officer.

  • Development banks agree principles for measuring climate finance

    10 July 2015

    The world's largest development banks have joined together to agree principles for measuring their financing of green projects.

  • Under scrutiny: green bond impact reporting

    01 July 2015

    Issuers' reports on the environmental impact of their green bonds range from a few paragraphs on hard-to-find webpages to 80-page documents. But, given the costs and assumptions involved, some question whether more is necessarily better. Graham Cooper reports

  • EIB makes "leap forward" for green bond reporting

    27 March 2015

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has responded to the call for greater disclosure around green bonds today, publishing a detailed report on its issues so far, in what it calls "a leap forward".

  • Abengoa consortium seals $660m project financing for South African solar project

    16 March 2015

    A consortium led by Abengoa has secured $660 million in financing for a 100MW solar plant.