Archive

  • People moves

    18 March 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at BlackRock, SolarCity and SunEdison

  • Yes Bank raises twice as much as hoped through high-yielding green bond

    03 March 2015

    Yes Bank has raised INR10 billion ($161.2 million) through issuing India's first green bond, raising doubling its original target.

  • Santander stops funding APRIL after Greenpeace deforestation campaign

    02 March 2015

    Santander has bowed to pressure to withdraw finance from the paper company Asia Pacific Resources International (April) after Greenpeace launched a campaign criticising it for logging Indonesian forests.

  • Wave energy firm Pelamis sinks into administration

    24 November 2014

    Pelamis Wave Power has been placed into administration, marking "a big setback in the mission to learn how to harvest energy from the sea".

  • Oekom approved as verifier of climate bonds

    03 November 2014

    Oekom Research, a specialist German rating agency, has been approved as a verifier of green bonds by the Climate Bond Standards Board.

  • Trucost to enter green bond market

    30 October 2014

    Environmental data firm Trucost is set to join the growing throng of verifiers servicing the rapidly expanding green bond market.

  • KPMG to start assuring green bonds

    28 August 2014

    Auditing giant KPMG plans to start assessing green bond issues, Environmental Finance has learnt.

  • Green bonds reach the tipping point

    22 July 2014

    A surge of corporate issues is supporting a bullish mood in the environmental bond market, says Graham Cooper

  • Companies must improve reporting of material environmental risks, says KPMG

    12 June 2014

    Auditing firm KPMG has called for increased disclosure from companies about the material risks posed by their reliance on natural capital.

  • People moves

    05 March 2014

    The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including new positions for Ritu Kumar and Yvo de Boer. Stories involve companies such as Actis, KPMG, RBS, F&C, UNEP FI, PRI, Terra Firma, Verco, Sunrun and others.