Archive

  • Ship owners and NGOs object to EU ETS reform proposals

    19 December 2016

    A proposed revision of the EU's pioneering Emissions Trading System (ETS) is facing strong opposition from ship owners and some environmental NGOs.

  • UK railway pension fund invests in rooftop solar

    12 December 2016

    RPMI Railpen, the pension scheme for the UK's railway industry, is to provide £20.3 million ($25.5 million) of inflation-linked debt capital to refinance a portfolio of rooftop solar installations owned by Foresight Group.

  • Insurance industry takes two-track approach to forestry investment

    14 July 2016

    Big insurers want to avoid correlation with natural catastrophe liabilities while smaller players dodge political risk

  • EF BRIEFS: Enbridge, Foncière des Régions, Atlantis, Southern Power

    10 May 2016

    Canadian energy company Enbridge has entered into a joint venture with a subsidiary of EDF to develop 1.4GW of offshore wind off the coast of France.

  • Sustainable forestry - a budding market

    10 March 2016

    Investors are increasingly seeing the merits of sustainable forestry. There are numerous ways to invest in this asset class, as Peter Cripps reports

  • Forestry fund reaches $80m first close

    09 February 2016

    A timberland investment management organisation (TIMO) has reached an $80 million first close on a forestry fund, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Now is 'the right time to invest in forestry'

    01 February 2016

    The prospects for a burgeoning housing market recovery in the US mean that now is "an extremely attractive moment" to invest in forestry, according to one fund manager.

  • Rayonier eases interest burden of joint venture with Phaunos

    10 August 2015

    Rayonier, a major US timberland investor, has agreed to inject about $160 million from an existing term loan facility to pay off the debts of the Matariki Forestry Group, its New Zealand joint venture with the Phaunos Timber Fund.

  • People moves

    14 August 2014

    The latest people moves in the industry, including new recruits for SolarCity, Impax and Mirova

  • China solar energy giant aims to raise $774m from new share issue

    27 May 2014

    Shunfeng Photovoltaic International, China's largest independent solar energy company, plans to issue HK$6 billion ($774 million) of new shares to fund more utility-scale and distributed solar PV projects.