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Infographic: The growth of carbon pricing
03 July 2015Carbon pricing instruments around the world now have a combined value of almost $50 billion, according to new data from the World Bank.
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Under scrutiny: green bond impact reporting
01 July 2015Issuers' reports on the environmental impact of their green bonds range from a few paragraphs on hard-to-find webpages to 80-page documents. But, given the costs and assumptions involved, some question whether more is necessarily better. Graham Cooper reports
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World Bank smashes $500m in index-linked green bonds
17 June 2015The World Bank has broken through the $500 million mark for its index-linked green bond issuance.
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SunEdison bags two more renewables companies for new yieldco
16 June 2015SunEdison has bought two more renewable energy companies for its yieldco, continuing an unrivalled spate of acquisitions in the sector in recent months.
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Green bonds 'can help achieve $100bn climate finance goal'
11 June 2015Green bonds have been named one of the four instruments available to financial institutions to help ramp climate finance up to its $100 billion a year target.
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World Bank to issue 100th green bond
02 June 2015The World Bank is to issue its 100th green bond – an equity-linked note for retail investors in the US.
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World Bank uses options to encourage methane reduction projects
28 May 2015A series of 'put options' are to be sold by the World Bank to incentivise private sector companies to reduce methane emissions in developing countries.
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Carbon pricing tools now worth almost $50bn, says World Bank
26 May 2015Carbon pricing instruments around the world now have a combined value of almost $50 billion, according to new data from the World Bank.
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World Bank launches two more retail green bonds
20 May 2015The World Bank has sold nearly $30 million of green bonds to US investors, and has launched an Italian offering.
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Insurers see the gold in green
14 May 2015Green bonds are looking increasingly attractive to insurance companies which want to meet their risk and return objectives while producing a positive environmental or social impact. But there are concerns about the definition and capacity of the market, as Mark Nicholls explains