Archive

  • UK bids to consolidate 'leadership' in green finance

    18 September 2017

    The UK government has announced a taskforce of senior financiers to help accelerate the growth of green finance – a field in which it claims the UK already enjoys global leadership.

  • Green Investment Group makes £38m waste-to-energy investment

    08 September 2017

    The Green Investment Group has committed to invest £38 million ($50 million) in the construction of a 70MW waste-to-energy facility in the UK, alongside a syndicate of lenders.

  • Biomass firm buys 72MW of Green Investment Bank facilities

    21 August 2017

    A 72MW portfolio of biomass and waste-to-energy facilities has been acquired from the Green Investment Bank (GIB) by renewables investment firm Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG) for an undisclosed sum.

  • UK university pension fund buys into Thames Water

    25 July 2017

    The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) pension fund has bought a 10.9% stake in Thames Water's holding company.

  • Macquarie adds to renewables portfolio with another acquisition

    05 June 2017

    Macquarie Capital has further boosted its presence in the renewable energy sector with the acquisition of RES Japan, for an undisclosed sum.

  • Asset owners with $12.5trn of AUM warned on climate change

    27 April 2017

    Asset owners with $12.5 trillion of assets under management (AUM) are still failing to demonstrate they are taking action to mitigate climate risk, and have been warned "the time may be approaching when it is too late to avoid portfolio losses".

  • Northam to head GIB as Kingsbury leaves role

    25 April 2017

    Shaun Kingsbury will step down as CEO of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) following its acquisition by a consortium led by Australian bank Macquarie Group for £2.3 billion ($2.9 billion).

  • Comment: Why impact is the word of the moment

    21 April 2017

    Measuring impact is increasingly a preoccupation of investors in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) space.

  • GIB sale reaction - brilliant news or a disaster?

    20 April 2017

    The Green Investment Bank's (GIB) long-expected sale to Macquarie has been controversial - Greenpeace said it was a disaster, but one renewables investor said the GIB would now stop "ruining the market".

  • Macquarie could sell 10% of GIB assets following purchase

    20 April 2017

    Up to 10% of the value of Green Investment Bank's (GIB) assets could be sold following its sale to Australian Bank Macquarie.