Archive

  • Lloyds Bank to stop financing new coal plants

    03 August 2018

    Lloyds Banking Group will not fund new coal-fired power stations or thermal coal mines, or bank new clients which derive most of their revenue from such operations, it has said.

  • London launches £500m public/private energy efficiency fund

    09 July 2018

    A £500 million ($667 million) fund, backed by public and private capital, has been launched to improve the energy efficiency of public buildings and small businesses in London.

  • New report aims to help companies disclose physical climate risks

    01 June 2018

    The disclosure of physical climate risks has received less attention than reporting transition climate risks, it was claimed at the launch of a report that aims to help redress the balance.

  • Green bond round-up, 25 May 2018

    25 May 2018

    Electricity transmission operator TenneT successfully launched its eighth green bond, raising €1.25 billion ($1.5 billion).

  • ‘Worryingly complacent’ UK pension funds neglect climate risk

    25 May 2018

    Some of the largest pension funds in the UK are ‘worryingly complacent’ about the risks posed by climate change to investments, according to the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC).

  • Lloyds Bank introduces £2bn clean growth finance scheme

    14 May 2018

    Lloyds Banking Group is offering a £2 billion ($2.7 billion) funding scheme to support companies that invest in the transition to a low-carbon economy.

  • People moves: SASB, FMO, SLM and IHS Towers

    27 April 2018

    Jean Rogers has stepped down from her role as chair of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).

  • Tideway completes £150m green private placement

    13 April 2018

    London 'super sewer' developer Tideway has issued its third green bond, a £150 million ($214 million) private placement with an unnamed insurer.

  • Iberdrola revisits green hybrid market with €700m issue

    20 March 2018

    Iberdrola has made good on its promise to raise more green capital in 2018 by issuing its second green hybrid bond.

  • Lloyds Bank provides £50m 'green loan' to UK science parks

    10 January 2018

    Lloyds Bank will provide a £50 million ($67.5 million) 'green loan' to increase energy efficiency of buildings to UK science and technology park operator Manchester Science Partnerships (MSP).