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  • Austria's Verbund roadshows green bond

    12 November 2014

    Austrian utility Verbund is roadshowing a €500 million ($624 million) green bond in Europe.

  • Investors welcome tighter GHG targets from US and China

    12 November 2014

    Investors have welcomed new targets on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions announced by China and the US in which China has, for the first time, committed to reduce its absolute level of emissions.

  • Aligera taps green bond market again, more planned

    12 November 2014

    Swedish wind energy company Aligera has successfully placed the penultimate tranche of its SEK500 million ($68 million) green bond.

  • Deforestation attracts more concern from investors and corporates, says CDP

    10 November 2014

    This year has seen a 30% increase in the number of institutional investors requesting information about deforestation caused by the companies in which they invest, according to a new report.

  • Newton Investment Management snaps up 23% of Bluefield offering

    10 November 2014

    Newton Investment Management is to invest more than £35 million ($56 million) in Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), giving it a 15% share of the company's issued equity.

  • SunPower acquires technology firm

    10 November 2014

    Texas-based SolarBridge Technologies, which was bought by SunPower for an undisclosed sum, specialises in rooftop solar microinverters, which can be integrated into panels as they are manufactured, rather than at installation stage.

  • Copenhagen funds take 25% stake in UK offshore wind project

    06 November 2014

    Danish fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has bought a 25% stake in the UK offshore wind project Beatrice from UK utility SSE. The price paid was not disclosed.

  • Norway's NTE issues NOK750m green bond to refinance hydro plants [UPDATED]

    06 November 2014

    Power generating company Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk (NTE) has issued Norway's second corporate green bond – a NOK750 million ($110 million) issue that was oversubscribed in two hours.

  • Failure to report water risk 'a grave concern', says CDP

    05 November 2014

    The number of large companies reporting water risks has failed to increase in-line with investor demand, with the energy sector continuing to lag behind its peers, a new report has warned.

  • Ambienta exceeds €300m target for second environmental fund

    04 November 2014

    Ambienta, an Italian private equity firm, has closed its second environmental technology fund, having raised €323.5 million ($405 million).