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  • Terra Firma takes Infinis private in the face of 'adversely affected' growth prospects

    22 October 2015

    British private equity giant Terra Firma has decided to delist renewables developer Infinis, less than two years after the company floated.

  • Pepsi, RBC and Cisco out of DJSI as sustainability issues become 'more mainstream'

    11 September 2015

    Pepsi, Royal Bank of Canada and Cisco Systems have been kicked out of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), making way for Bank of America, Telefonica and BHP Billiton.

  • Banks agree to provide £1bn debt facility for London's 'super sewer'

    25 August 2015

    A debt facility of £1 billion ($1.6 billion) is being provided by six banks to the consortium of long-term investors that will finance and own a major new sewer to be built beneath the river Thames in London.

  • Boralex secures C$64.4 million for Canadian wind

    12 August 2015

    Canadian renewables firm Boralex has completed C$64.4 million ($49.5 million) of financing for a wind farm in the country.

  • Canada's Boralex agrees C$81.4m financing for Frampton wind farm

    05 August 2015

    Canadian power producer Boralex has secured C$81.4 million ($61.7 million) in project financing for a 24MW wind farm in Frampton, Quebec.

  • Alterra and Starwood Energy secure $287m for Texas wind project

    01 July 2015

    Canada's Alterra Power and US investment firm Starwood Energy Group Global have agreed a $287 million construction loan facility for the 204MW Shannon wind project in Texas, which they jointly own.

  • S&P and Goldman Sachs create responsible investment indices

    25 June 2015

    Standard & Poor's (S&P) has teamed up with Goldman Sachs to create two responsible investment indices – the latest in a series of launches in the space this week.

  • Unibail's second green bond six-times oversubscribed

    10 April 2015

    Demand for the second green bond from real estate firm Unibail Rodamco outstripped supply six-fold.

  • EIB in €250m climate bond tap at 'unprecedented pricing level'

    26 March 2015

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has again tapped one of its Climate Awareness Bonds (CAB), increasing its size to €1.25 billion ($1.4 billion).

  • SEB clings on to green bond underwriting crown for 2014

    15 January 2015

    Scandinavian bank SEB narrowly maintained its position as leading underwriter in the green bond market in 2014, new figures have revealed.