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Banks back new transparency guidelines for green bond market
13 January 2014A coalition of 13 major investment banks has backed a set of voluntary principles intended to encourage transparency and integrity in the fast-growing green bonds market.
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EIB issues first green bond in Swiss Francs
10 January 2014The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its first green bond of 2014, with its first Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) denominated in Swiss Francs.
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IIRC launches integrated reporting framework
10 December 2013A framework to help companies expand their reports beyond financial metrics and include measures of sustainability has been launched, marking "an important milestone" in the evolution of 'integrated reporting'.
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Investors warn palm oil companies and financiers on climate change risks
05 December 2013A $270 billion investor coalition has called for palm oil producers and their financiers to adopt policies to ensure they do not contribute to climate change.
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SolarCity's bond to 'open the gates' for solar securitisations
15 November 2013SolarCity's $54 million bond issue will "open the gates" for other solar firms that want to tap the asset-backed security (ABS) markets, and could wipe as much as three percentage points off their borrowing costs, an analyst has claimed.
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People moves
15 November 2013The latest people moves in the environmental markets, covering companies including Terra Firma, Deutsche Bank, Climate Change Capital, the Global Reporting Initiative and more
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Deutsche Bank parts company with carbon research head
07 November 2013Mark Lewis has stepped down as head of carbon research at Deutsche Bank, just months after the bank pulled the plug on its emissions trading activities.
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IFC issues second $1bn green bond of 2013
06 November 2013The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has launched its second $1 billion green bond of 2013, and called on other development banks to follow it with more 'benchmark' issues.
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Infinis passes milestone on road to '£930m' float
04 November 2013The renewables company run by private equity giant Terra Firma, has provided further details of its plans to float this month, in a move expected to value the company at up to £930 million ($1.5 billion).
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Terra Firma to float '£1.5bn' Infinis
21 October 2013Private equity giant Terra Firma's Infinis Energy is set to become the latest renewables firm to tap the public markets after it announced plans for a float that could value the company at £1.5 billion ($2.4 billion).