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CDSB launches final consultation on environmental reporting proposal
03 November 2014The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) is inviting comments on the final draft of its reporting framework that aims to help companies with their disclosure of environmental information.
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Bluefield opens £150m equity raise, lines up projects
03 November 2014Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has lined up a further pipeline of projects it wants to buy as its plans to raise £150 million ($239.9 million) of equity took a major step forward.
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UK's Green Investment Bank urged to 'go global', and issue green bonds
29 October 2014The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) should extend its reach internationally, according to leading financiers.
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Investors should move on stranded asset risk 'sooner rather than later', warns bank
28 October 2014Investors with a focus on sustainability should begin to take action to mitigate the threat of 'stranded fossil fuel assets' sooner rather than later, a bank research note has advised.
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Property group Stockland issues Australia's first green bond
27 October 2014Property company Stockland has issued a €300 million ($380 million) seven year green bond, the first from an Australian issuer.
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New York green bank opens account with $800m of deals
23 October 2014New York's green bank has agreed to make its first loans after announcing a string of deals it said will ultimately lead to investments of more than $800 million.
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Dealing with the changing climate
22 October 2014Weather risk management is becoming increasingly entrenched within Europe's energy sector. But shifting regulatory winds promise to change its complexion. Mark Nicholls reports
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KKR's green programme has $1bn of financial impact
22 October 2014Private equity giant KKR said its Green Portfolio Programme (GPP) has had $1.2 billion of financial impact since it began six years ago.
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Risk-sharing instruments get approval from Green Climate Fund
21 October 2014The UN's Green Climate Fund has approved the use of financial guarantees and other risk-sharing instruments that it believes will help leverage private capital in support of the fund.
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Mellon Capital and McKnight Foundation in $100m lower carbon strategy
21 October 2014Mellon Capital has attracted $100 million of funding from a US foundation for a new strategy tilted towards companies with lower carbon emissions.