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  • Greenko mulls dollar denominated green bond

    04 August 2016

    Indian power company Greenko is gearing up to launch a dollar denominated green bond to help finance a renewable energy portfolio.

  • $80m green bond prices for hydropower

    21 July 2016

    An energy firm has priced an $80.05 million green bond, the proceeds of which will be used to complete the financing of a hydroelectricity project.

  • EF BRIEFS: Vermont green bond, SASB, TerraForm Global

    20 July 2016

    Vermont Educational and Health Buildings Financing Agency has priced its second green bond.

  • Link REIT's $500m green bond is Hong Kong's first

    15 July 2016

    Property firm Link REIT has issued a $500 million green bond.

  • Brazilian paper company issues $500m green bond for forestry projects

    12 July 2016

    Suzano Papel e Celulose, one of Brazil's largest paper producers, has priced a $500 million green bond to fund a variety of potential projects associated with its production of eucalyptus pulp and paper.

  • Battery production poses fresh environmental risks to automakers' supply chains

    04 July 2016

    While electric vehicles (EV) are set to have an important role to play in helping tackling climate change, their boom could cause its own environmental problems – through the mining of lithium for the batteries that power them.

  • Investors must step up efforts to measure ESG engagement, Sustainalytics says

    01 July 2016

    Investors are increasingly seeing the merits of engagement, but more effort must be made to measure the environmental and social impacts, Sustainalytics has argued.

  • Vermont set to issue $89m green bond

    28 June 2016

    Vermont Educational and Health Buildings Financing Agency (VEHBFA) is set to issue an $89 million green bond, its first with a second opinion.

  • Brexit 'to hit air pollution and recycling policy'

    27 June 2016

    The UK's shock decision to leave the EU could lead to a weakening of policies relating to recycling and air pollution.

  • ESG ratings for funds

    22 June 2016

    Sustainability scores for funds are not perfect, but are a useful addition to the many tools available to responsible investors, reflects Hamza Ali