Archive

  • EF BRIEFS: LGX, Responsible Investing, RGGI

    18 May 2017

    The Luxembourg Green Exchange (LGX), the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's (LuxSE) green bond listing service, has opened a window dedicated to social and sustainable bonds.

  • Mapping the finance for Paris

    16 May 2017

    Ian Callaghan and Tessa Tennant examine who is doing what to help finance the commitments made as part of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

  • Kenya launches green bond programme

    04 April 2017

    Kenya has launched a green bond programme with an eye to see the country's first issue by November. The programme's objective is to grow capacity for green bond issuance in the country, establish a framework and standards, develop licensed verifiers and look to catalyse similar programmes across East Africa.

  • Green bonds round-up

    30 November 2016

    California-based Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing company Ygrene will issue a securitised PACE green bond every quarter, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Banks join UN to develop sustainability projects in Asia

    31 October 2016

    ING Bank, Credit Suisse and Dutch development bank FMO are to work with the UN's Social Impact Fund to support sustainability projects in Asia.

  • Deutsche Bank African renewables fund backed in $745m GCF funding round

    21 October 2016

    An African renewable energy fund managed by German lender Deutsche Bank has secured an $80 million anchor investment from the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

  • Impact investment fund reaches first close

    15 September 2016

    A carbon fund that will help provide clean energy and water to impoverished households has reached a first close.

  • Gold Standard announces first deals under version 3.0

    14 April 2016

    The Gold Standard certification organisation has announced the first two transactions under the third iteration of its carbon credit standards, even though the revised standards have yet to be finalised.

  • People moves

    15 January 2016

    A round up of the latest people moves, including changes at NRG, SolarCity,RET Capital and Alliance Trust

  • 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.