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  • BAML predicts up to $90 billion of green bond issuance in 2016

    04 December 2015

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has defied the trend for refusing to predict green bond growth, saying the market is likely to see $50 billion - $60 billion of issuance in 2016.

  • Major US asset manager to launch green bond fund

    03 December 2015

    A US asset manager is set to hit the market with a green bond fund, the ninth to launch this year.

  • Impax reports 69% growth in profits and dividend boost

    03 December 2015

    Environmentally themed investor Impax Asset Management has reported a 68.6% increase in its profits for the year ended 30 September.

  • Bank consortium provides £730m debt for UK 'smart meter' roll-out

    03 December 2015

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) and six commercial banks are providing some £730 million ($1.1 billion) in debt finance towards a £1 billion programme to install more than 7 million 'smart meters' in the UK.

  • Banking climate principles to be launched next week

    03 December 2015

    A new set of climate changes principles for the banking industry are set to be launched on Monday, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • The low-hanging fruit waiting in Paris

    Increasing climate ambition is cheaper than not

  • EF BRIEFS: SunEdison, Generation IM, EDC, Kingfisher, RWE, Drax

    02 December 2015

    India is planning to launch a $1 billion private equity fund to invest in its domestic renewable energy sector, according to the country's energy minister, Piyush Goyal.

  • Over 500 organisations commit to divest ahead of COP21

    02 December 2015

    More than 500 institutions, with $3.4 trillion of assets under management, have committed to some sort of divestment, according to figures compiled by 350.org and Divest Invest.

  • Development banks issue updated guide to help green bond issuers with impact reporting

    02 December 2015

    A group of development banks has published updated impact reporting guidelines for green bond issuers, saying that the market is the "litmus test" for wider climate finance.

  • 'It's becoming harder to keep your head buried in the sand'

    02 December 2015

    As the Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition hits $230 billion, Amundi's Frederic Samama tells Sophie Robinson-Tillett why investors are throwing their weight behind the initiative