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  • Solving the critical clean energy financing gap

    18 July 2016

    Small clean tech firms face a potential valley of death because venture capital funding often does not work for them, argues Greg Kats

  • NESF launches share issuance programme

    18 July 2016

    NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has unveiled a plans to issue up to 54,885,000 of new shares – the equivalent of 19.7% of existing voting shares – in a "tap issue" programme.

  • Canadian wildfires biggest loss for reinsurers

    18 July 2016

    Reinsurers XL Group, Aspen and Chubb have all pointed to wildfires in Canada, flooding in Europe, US weather and earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador to account for losses made in the second quarter of this year.

  • Australia's first 'government-issued green bond' launched

    18 July 2016

    The Treasury Corporation of Victoria (TCV) has launched a A$300 million ($228 million) green bond, the first from an Australian state government.

  • PIP infrastructure fund makes first investment

    18 July 2016

    The Multi-Strategy Infrastructure Fund (MSIF), managed by the UK's Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP), has made its first investment – a £27.5 million ($36.4 million) refinancing of a 6.71MW portfolio of rooftop solar installations in England and Wales.

  • 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.

  • Jupiter Ecology launches multi-asset version

    15 July 2016

    Asset manager Jupiter has launched a multi-asset version of its pioneering Ecology equities fund.

  • Kochetygova bolsters Northern Trust's ESG team

    15 July 2016

    Julia Kochetygova, former head of sustainability indices at S&P DJI, has been appointed to Northern Trust's environmental, social and governance (ESG) team.

  • Northern Trust and Stoxx launch ESG ETFs

    15 July 2016

    Northern Trust has launched two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexes created by Stoxx.

  • Natural Capital Protocol launches

    14 July 2016

    A framework has been launched to help businesses incorporate 'natural capital' factors into their accounting processes.