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  • Ambienta exceeds €300m target for second environmental fund

    04 November 2014

    Ambienta, an Italian private equity firm, has closed its second environmental technology fund, having raised €323.5 million ($405 million).

  • Insurers face mounting risks in coastal cities, says industry chief

    04 November 2014

    The combination of climate change and rapid urbanisation may create new reputational risks for insurance companies by triggering "persistent price increases" and capacity shortages, warned John Coomber, CEO of the UK's Pension Insurance Corporation.

  • TRIG hopes to raise £250m of equity

    04 November 2014

    The Renewables Infrastructure Group (Trig) revealed the scale of its ambitions to tap the equity markets today, when it said it hopes to raise some £250 million ($400 million).

  • UK public should be offered green bonds, says renewables chief

    04 November 2014

    The UK should issue a green bond that would allow individual savers the opportunity to invest in renewable energy projects, said a leading industry figure.

  • Calvert Green Bond Fund – one year on

    03 November 2014

    On the first anniversary of the launch of the Calvert Green Bond Fund, its managers are pleased with its performance but are frustrated by an unrealised opportunity to roll out more green mortgage-backed securities.

  • Oekom approved as verifier of climate bonds

    03 November 2014

    Oekom Research, a specialist German rating agency, has been approved as a verifier of green bonds by the Climate Bond Standards Board.

  • HASI raises $62.6m of equity, beating target

    03 November 2014

    Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) has raised $62.6 million in an equity raise, beating its original target.

  • CDSB launches final consultation on environmental reporting proposal

    03 November 2014

    The 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.

  • Bluefield opens £150m equity raise, lines up projects

    03 November 2014

    Bluefield 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.

  • Thai waste-to-energy plants seek $10m

    31 October 2014

    Waste2Tricity (W2T) plans to raise $10 million of equity to help develop two 70MW waste-to-energy plants in Thailand.