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  • Exchanges link with IFC to raise ESG standards in emerging markets

    29 October 2018

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Initiative have agreed to work together to help raise environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards across capital markets in emerging economies.

  • Mandatory US climate disclosure law proposed by leading Democrat

    17 September 2018

    Every publicly listed company in the US could be forced to make climate-related disclosures, under new legislation introduced by a senior Democratic Party senator.

  • Corporate issuer launches third asset-backed green bond

    29 April 2016

    An established green bond issuer is returning to the market with its third asset-backed issue (ABS), which could reach $1.6 billion.

  • Low-carbon indexes: the next generation

    26 April 2016

    The number of passive vehicles that allow investors to decarbonise continues to grow, but will future additions look at projected as well as current emissions, asks Sophie Robinson-Tillett

  • Investors representing $6trn back climate change resolution at ExxonMobil

    13 April 2016

    Investors representing $6 trillion of assets under management (AUM) have thrown their weight behind a shareholder resolution demanding that ExxonMobil disclose the impact of climate change policy on its business.

  • Canadian Solar files for long-awaited yieldco

    06 November 2015

    Canadian Solar took a step closer to launching its long-awaited yieldco, as it filed a draft registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • TerraForm Global to offer $800m green bond alongside IPO

    20 July 2015

    SunEdison's latest yieldco, TerraForm Global, will offer an $800 million green bond alongside its IPO on Nasdaq today.

  • Tesla agrees $500m credit facility

    15 June 2015

    Electric car maker Tesla Motors has signed an asset-backed revolving credit facility of up to $500 million with seven banks.

  • TerraForm Global raises $175m ahead of IPO

    20 May 2015

    TerraForm Global, the second 'yieldco' to be launched by US renewables giant SunEdison, has raised $175 million in equity financing ahead of its planned initial public offering (IPO).