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  • NESF could raise up to £98.4m in share placement

    14 September 2015

    NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) could raise up to £98.4 million ($152 million) in its latest equity raise, after announcing an updated net asset value (NAV) on which the issue will be based.

  • Profile: Peter Michaelis, Alliance Trust

    14 September 2015

    Alliance Trust put its faith in environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics when it promoted Peter Michaelis to take charge of its equities investments, in September 2014.

  • Sustainalytics snaps up ESG Analytics

    11 September 2015

    Environmental, social and governance (ESG) data provider Sustainalytics has bought ESG Analytics, a provider of web-based solutions aimed at asset managers and owners.

  • Green bond market gets its first agricultural and forestry standards

    11 September 2015

    The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has released standards it hopes will bolster green bond issuance in the agricultural and forestry space.

  • The hidden benefits of green bonds: reflections from an issuer

    11 September 2015

    Issuing a green bond has more benefits for the issuer than mere investor diversification, says Manuel Thomas.

  • GIP to issue €556m green bond to finance offshore wind deal

    11 September 2015

    Private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is set to issue a €556 million ($623 million) green bond to help fund its acquisition of 50% of an offshore wind project.

  • Pepsi, RBC and Cisco out of DJSI as sustainability issues become 'more mainstream'

    11 September 2015

    Pepsi, Royal Bank of Canada and Cisco Systems have been kicked out of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), making way for Bank of America, Telefonica and BHP Billiton.

  • Recurrent Energy bags $337m solar financing from consortium of banks

    10 September 2015

    Canadian Solar's US subsidiary has secured a $337 million debt package for a solar project, in its second deal this week.

  • Oxford Capital sells a UK solar portfolio

    10 September 2015

    Private equity firm Oxford Capital has sold a portfolio of residential rooftop solar to a UK private investment firm.

  • Apex secures $216m loan to build US wind farm

    10 September 2015

    Renewable energy developer Apex Clean Energy has secured a $216 million loan for the construction of a 151MW wind farm in Oklahoma.