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  • Agence France Trésor: EU taxonomy a 'powerful tool' but challenges remain

    12 November 2020

    ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 conference: The EU's taxonomy of sustainable activities is a "powerful tool" for impact reporting, but the data is not always there to enable reporting in alignment with it, attendees of Environmental Finance's virtual conference heard.

  • News Round Up: PRI, Global Coal Exit List, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, EIB

    12 November 2020

  • No one-size-fits-all approach for financing climate transition, says Morgan Stanley

    06 November 2020

    Ahead of Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 virtual conference next week, speakers reflect on the balance between purity and pragmatism when financing climate transition strategies

  • HSBC identifies upsides of pandemic for autonomous vehicles

    30 March 2020

    Banking giant HSBC believes the prospects of autonomous vehicles (AVs) have been boosted by the social effects of the coronavirus outbreak.

  • Denham Capital invests $250m in Latin American energy firm

    13 January 2020

    Energy-focused private equity firm Denham Capital has committed an investment of $250 million to Latin American power firm Ceiba Energy.

  • Austrian energy company receives EIB's second Green Loan

    04 November 2019

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to grant Austria-based Energie Steiermark a €90 million ($100 million) loan for climate action and sustainable investment projects.

  • LeapFrog – targeting the emerging consumer

    21 October 2019

    How does the world's biggest private equity impact specialist invest? Joe Walsh reports

  • EIB delays decision on fossil fuel-free lending policy

    15 October 2019

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has delayed a decision on whether to adopt a policy that rules out lending to fossil fuel-based energy projects.

  • EU carbon market update, 15 October

    15 October 2019

    This week’s Brexit negotiations could trigger large moves in EU Allowance (EUA) prices in either direction, says Louis Redshaw*.

  • Finnish renewables fund reaches first close at €220m

    15 July 2019

    Finnish renewables developer and fund manager Taaleri Energia has announced the first close of its Taaleri SolarWind II fund at €220 million ($247.9 million).