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  • Green bond comment: August's milestones and the promise of a golden autumn

    26 August 2015

    August was not a big month in terms of green bond issuance but the market continued to take important steps along the road to maturity, while participants are becoming increasingly excited about the prospect of a golden autumn, says Peter Cripps.

  • National plans for 2030 carbon emissions are too weak, warn academics

    25 August 2015

    The national carbon reduction pledges announced ahead of the Paris climate summit are insufficient to keep global warming to safe levels by 2030, UK academics have warned.

  • NTR to spin-off pureplay European wind company

    18 August 2015

    Irish conglomerate NTR has revealed in full its plan to spin off its European wind business into a separate company.

  • World's biggest muni green bond raises bigger-than-expected $944 million

    07 August 2015

    The largest municipal green bond priced today – and beat its original target by raising $944 million.

  • Sunrun sees stock fall flat after successful float

    06 August 2015

    US rooftop solar firm Sunrun has seen its shareprice fall more than 20% since its IPO earlier this week.

  • DC Water set to be first US muni to engage auditor on green bond

    06 August 2015

    DC Water will engage both a second-party opinion provider and a financial auditor on its next green bond, breaking the mold in the US municipal space.

  • US university plans green bond to fund LEED building

    31 July 2015

    A US university is to issue a green bond to finance the construction of a new medical building.

  • Centrica to exit wind sector and focus on distributed energy and efficiency

    30 July 2015

    UK utility Centrica is to exit the wind sector in favour of distributed energy and energy efficiency.

  • Green bond comment - July 2015

    29 July 2015

    There is no sign that the green bond market has gone off for an early summer break.

  • World's largest muni and transport green bond slated for next week

    29 July 2015

    The world's largest municipal green bond is set to come out of the US next month, in a deal worth almost $1 billion.