Archive

  • KfW completes its 2015 green bond programme with $1bn issue

    11 November 2015

    German development bank KfW has priced a $1 billion, five-year, green bond, making it the biggest issuer in the market this year.

  • Schneider Electric issues €200m green bond

    09 November 2015

    Schneider Electric has issued its inaugural €200 million ($215 million) green bond.

  • Canadian Solar bags up to $200m debt from Credit Suisse

    29 October 2015

    Canadian Solar has secured up to $200 million of debt from Credit Suisse, in a deal which has also seen it issue more than 1 million equity warrants.

  • Quercus launches two new renewables funds and targets €500m fundraise

    29 October 2015

    Quercus is set to launch two Italy-focused renewable infrastructure funds to sit alongside its recently launched European renewables fund.

  • Signatories to GBPs break through 100-mark

    28 October 2015

    The number of signatories to the Green Bond Principles (GBPs) has broken through the 100-mark, representing another milestone in the market's rapid growth.

  • Sunnova takes fund raising to almost $900m

    22 October 2015

    Sunnova Energy has secured an additional $300 million in debt and equity funding to help expand its presence in the residential solar energy market in the US.

  • Impax sells wind farm portfolio to ERG Renew

    15 October 2015

    Impax Asset Management is to sell a 206MW portfolio of French and German wind farms to ERG Renew.

  • FTSE and Johannesburg Stock Exchange launch responsible investment indexes

    12 October 2015

    Index heavyweight FTSE Russell has launched a series of responsible investment indexes in partnership with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).

  • Impax rides out equity market turmoil

    09 October 2015

    Impax Asset Management said its listed equity funds all outperformed the MSCI All Country World Index in the year to 30 September, despite unusual market volatility in the final quarter.

  • Canadian Solar buys C$270m of solar from KKR

    05 October 2015

    Canadian Solar has bought a fleet of solar plants from private equity firm KKR in a C$270 million ($204 million) deal.