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  • Consortium nets £1.3bn for UK offshore wind project in 'swift' fundraising round

    13 May 2016

    Masdar, Statoil and Statkraft have bagged £1.3 billion ($1.9 billion) in project financing for a major offshore wind venture, saying the deal proves investor confidence in the sector.

  • Forget carbon footprinting - build a smart carbon portfolio, says Impax

    13 May 2016

    Reweighting portfolios according to carbon data alone is insufficient to mitigate stranded asset risks, argues Impax, which has devised a new methodology to build what it refers to as a smart carbon portfolio. Peter Cripps reports

  • Carbon risk for investors: Building a "Smart Carbon" portfolio

    By I Simm, J Winter, F Chatzimichalakis and E Biffis, Associate Professor of Actuarial Finance at Imperial College Business School

  • First State discloses carbon risk - but rejects footprinting

    13 May 2016

    First State Investments (FSI) has for the first time disclosed its exposure to climate risk

  • People Moves

    13 May 2016

    The latest people moves from GIIN, Sarasin, OneRoof and PVM

  • Environmental clean-up fund reaches €80m first close

    12 May 2016

    A fund that will clean up brownfield sites in Europe has reached an €80 million ($91.11 million) first close, after securing the backing of four principal investors.

  • DKB bank launches green bond programme for renewables

    12 May 2016

    Germany's Deutsche Kredit Bank (DKB) is preparing to launch a green bond programme focused on renewable energy lending.

  • KfW's longest-dated green bond twice oversubscribed

    12 May 2016

    KfW has launched its longest-dated green bond so far, in a deal which saw investor demand reach more than twice the size of the offering.

  • Investors warn companies face 'substantial' risk from climate regulations

    12 May 2016

    Regulations to address climate change can present a substantial financial risk to many companies, a group of institutional investors has warned.

  • Second opinion provider publishes thoughts on best practice

    11 May 2016

    A provider of second opinions on many green bonds has published its thoughts on best practice for issuers.