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  • Northern Trust wins ESG fixed income mandate

    14 July 2015

    Northern Trust has been awarded a fixed income mandate with environmental, social and governance (ESG) exclusions by New Zealand's NZ$29 billion ($19.5 billion) sovereign wealth fund.

  • People Moves

    10 July 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at Senvion, Hannon Armstrong and Abengoa

  • Under scrutiny: green bond impact reporting

    01 July 2015

    Issuers' reports on the environmental impact of their green bonds range from a few paragraphs on hard-to-find webpages to 80-page documents. But, given the costs and assumptions involved, some question whether more is necessarily better. Graham Cooper reports

  • US REIT in $500m 'milestone' green bond

    26 June 2015

    A US real estate firm has issued a green bond in what underwriters say is a "milestone" for the country's corporate market.

  • SoftBank, Bharti and Foxconn plan $20bn Indian renewable JV

    24 June 2015

    Japanese telecoms firm SoftBank, Indian conglomerate Bharti and Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer Foxxconn are planning to invest $20 billion in Indian renewable energy through a new joint venture.

  • Citi and Renew Financial issue first ever unsecured energy efficiency ABS

    17 June 2015

    Citi and Renew Financial have issued the first ever asset-backed security (ABS) transaction comprised of unsecured consumer energy efficiency loans.

  • Prices down, but optimism up

    17 June 2015

    Prices have come under renewed pressure, say the winners of this year's Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings, but growing interest from corporates offers reasons for hope. Peter Cripps reports

  • Winners of Environmental Finance's Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings see better times ahead

    17 June 2015

    Sentiment in the voluntary carbon market remains bullish despite prices continuing to come under pressure, according to the latest survey of the market by Environmental Finance.

  • FTSE Russell and Johannesburg Stock Exchange to create new ESG indexes

    03 June 2015

    A new environmental, social and governance (ESG) index series will be created through a collaboration between London-based global index provider FTSE Russell and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).

  • TenneT issues €1bn green bond for offshore wind

    29 May 2015

    TenneT has issued a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) green bond, in a deal that was twice oversubscribed.