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  • TerraForm adds $100m to credit facility

    05 May 2015

    TerraForm Power has increased its revolving credit facility by $100 million, adding JP Morgan and Santander to its list of lenders.

  • Ontario to launch carbon market and link with Quebec, California

    14 April 2015

    The province of Ontario is to set up a cap-and-trade carbon market which it intends to link to the established markets in Quebec and California.

  • Triodos sees profits increase 17%

    09 March 2015

    Net profits at sustainable lender Triodos Bank rose 17% to €30.1 million ($32.7 million) in 2014.

  • Howard Boyd is new chair of ShareAction

    25 February 2015

    Emma Howard Boyd will take over as chair of responsible investment charity ShareAction in April.

  • World's biggest sovereign wealth fund discloses divestments

    12 February 2015

    The world's largest sovereign wealth fund, Norway's Government Pension Fund Global, has revealed more details about its divestments as part of a move to "think long-term and protect value for future generations".

  • Investors worth $1.3trn make climate infrastructure pledge

    25 September 2014

    An alliance of pension funds and other institutional investors representing $1.3 trillion of assets has committed to try to increase their investments in 'climate-resilient infrastructure'.

  • Investors urged to engage with coal companies on stranded asset risk

    22 September 2014

    Institutional investors should engage with coal companies to ensure they maximise value, either by redeploying capital away from high-cost projects or by returning cash to shareholders, said Anthony Hobley, CEO of the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI).

  • Ontario establishes green bond programme

    18 September 2014

    Ontario is launching a green bond programme, which it says will make it the first government in Canada to tap the rapidly growing market.

  • EDF and Microsoft invest in 175MW wind farm [UPDATED]

    15 July 2014

    EDF Renewable Energy has taken a 96% stake in a wind project in the US, for an undisclosed sum.

  • NWB becomes the first company to launch 'annual green bond'

    30 June 2014

    Dutch municipal bank Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (NWB) is set to follow up its inaugural €500 million ($680 million) green bond issue with an annual green bond issues.