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  • Primrose Solar gets £29m from M&G pension fund clients

    14 October 2014

    Primrose Solar has secured a £29 million ($46 million) private loan to build four UK solar farms.

  • Reckoning with water risk

    02 October 2014

    An initiative from the PRI aims to promote investor engagement with companies about the water risk in their supply chains. Peter Cripps reports

  • SunEdison secures $50m project financing for solar plant in Jordan

    01 October 2014

    US solar energy giant SunEdison has signed a $50 million project financing agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a solar energy plant in Jordan.

  • EU non-financial reporting gets final go-ahead

    29 September 2014

    The European Council has adopted a directive that will require large companies to disclose information on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies along with their main financial reports.

  • PRI launches carbon disclosure initiative for investors

    25 September 2014

    A group of major investors has agreed to publicly disclose the carbon footprint of their portfolios, as part of a new initiative to encourage decarbonisation.

  • The PRI has reached critical mass, says Nasdaq

    24 September 2014

    The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has reached critical mass, with the signatories having considerable influence over the behaviour of many listed companies, according to a new report from Nasdaq stock exchange.

  • Investors and issuers pledge to expand green bonds market

    23 September 2014

    A group of institutional investors, with more than $2 trillion in assets under management, has pledged to work "to grow a large and robust [green bond] market that makes a real contribution to addressing climate change".

  • Global investor coalition calls for ambitious climate deal

    18 September 2014

    A coalition of some of the world's biggest investors has demanded an ambitious climate deal to help unlock the $1 trillion of investment needed to combat climate change.

  • World's largest tidal stream project completes £51m financing

    18 September 2014

    Financing for the first stage of the world's largest tidal stream project has been completed, after it raised £51.3 million ($83.5 million).

  • Family offices pledge $300m of impact investments

    11 September 2014

    A group of 11 family offices has committed to invest $300 million in clean energy, infrastructure, agriculture and water.