Archive

  • Ben Goldsmith floats new £150m green fund

    10 July 2015

    Ben Goldsmith is to launch a £150 million ($233 million) resource efficiency fund, with backing from investors including Jon Moulton and Michael Liebreich.

  • LSE moves to make London 'centre of green bond issuance' with new segments

    10 July 2015

    The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has created a "full complement" of green bond segments, in a move it hopes will put London at the centre of the market.

  • KKR closes second infra fund at $3.1bn

    10 July 2015

    Private equity firm, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR), has reached final close on its second infrastructure fund, securing $3.1 billion from investors.

  • 'Oil and gas is next major market for solar energy' says developer in $600m deal

    10 July 2015

    An Omani petrol company says its $600 million solar deal "underscores the massive market for deploying solar in the oil and gas industry".

  • Development banks agree principles for measuring climate finance

    10 July 2015

    The world's largest development banks have joined together to agree principles for measuring their financing of green projects.

  • People Moves

    10 July 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at Senvion, Hannon Armstrong and Abengoa

  • Green Climate Fund criticised by NGOs for accrediting Deutsche Bank

    09 July 2015

    Several NGOs have penned an open letter to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), warning that its decision to appoint Deutsche Bank to handle its funds threatened its credibility on environmental grounds.

  • UK government slammed for lifting renewable energy tax breaks

    09 July 2015

    Renewable energy consumption will no longer be exempt from tax in the UK, in a government move that has been slammed for discouraging investment in the sector.

  • Parametric to screen equities against coal and tar sands

    09 July 2015

    US asset management firm Parametric has introduced two new screening processes to enable investors to blacklist major coal and tar sands stocks.

  • $531.8bn of green bonds remain unlabelled, says research

    08 July 2015

    The green bond market would be $531.8 billion larger if all eligible bonds were labelled, according to the latest figures on the market.