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  • SEB sees green bond issuance doubling to $70bn in 2015

    31 March 2015

    Swedish bank SEB still expects issuance of green bonds to double this year from last year's $36 billion, despite a relatively quiet first quarter.

  • Stranded assets report names companies with dirtiest coal stations

    13 March 2015

    The power companies that own the dirtiest coal-burning power stations have been named in a report designed to help investors identify potential 'stranded assets'.

  • Vestas taps green bond market with €500m issue

    04 March 2015

    Vestas has placed a €500 million ($553 million) green bond with European investors.

  • Abengoa in unusual deal for $279m yieldco convertible notes

    27 February 2015

    In an unusual transaction, Abengoa will issue $279 million of two-year convertible notes which will convert into shares in the company's yieldco, rather than the firm itself.

  • High times for low-carbon indexes

    18 February 2015

    The oil rout and the intensifying stranded assets debate have boosted investor interest in low-carbon indexes. What are the differences between the growing number of products on offer, and how are they performing? Sophie Robinson-Tillett reports

  • Large investors accused of weak sustainable investment policies on forestry

    11 February 2015

    Most institutional investors have "poorly developed sustainable investment policies" regarding forest commodities, according to Forest 500, an initiative of the Global Canopy Programme (GCP), a UK-based think tank.

  • KBN development bank issues 10-year $500m green bond

    05 February 2015

    Norwegian development bank Kommunalbanken Norway (KBN) has issued a $500 million green bond.

  • The major trends for corporate engagement in 2015

    23 January 2015

    Carbon risk, water stress and air pollution will be among the biggest themes for corporate engagement this year, argues Bruce Duguid

  • Abengoa yieldco share offering oversubscribed

    19 January 2015

    Renewable energy firm Abengoa has raised almost $328 million by selling part of its stake in its yieldco, in a transaction that was significantly oversubscribed.

  • Abengoa prices share offering for yieldco

    16 January 2015

    Abengoa has said it plans to raise $285 million through a secondary offering of shares in its yieldco.