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  • Greencoat UK Wind plans £300m equity raise

    14 April 2016

    Greencoat UK Wind revealed plans to sell up to £300 million ($430 million) of shares over the coming year, as it eyes an "attractive" pool of assets that it expects to come up for grabs.

  • Australian solar ABS set for launch

    11 April 2016

    An Australian rooftop solar lender has announced plans to launch the country's first labelled green asset backed security (ABS).

  • First State sold Petrobras shares on ESG concerns before latest scandals

    29 April 2015

    First State Investments sold its holdings in Petrobras because of concerns over the Brazilian oil company's environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance well before fraud and corruption allegations surfaced last year.

  • Bank of America, GE, Schlumberger dropped from Dow Jones sustainability index

    11 September 2014

    General Electric, Bank of America Corp and Schlumberger have all been dropped from the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) this year, following an annual review of constituents carried out by sustainable investment specialist RobecoSAM.