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  • A look back at 2014: what were this year's key developments?

    30 December 2014

    It's been a momentous year in many of the markets that we cover. Graham Cooper and Sophie Robinson-Tillett reflect on some of the key developments

  • Quotes of the quarter

    23 December 2014

    As the calendar year wraps up, Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the last quarter.

  • A survivors' market

    11 December 2014

    After some tough years in the traded environmental markets, the survivors have weathered the storm and see better times ahead

  • Decarbonisation driver

    04 December 2014

    The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund is leading the charge in decarbonising its equities portfolio, and is calling on other investors to follow its lead. Its CEO Mats Andersson tells Peter Cripps why

  • One year on from BAML's $500m green bond

    27 November 2014

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch's (BAML) $500 million issue in November 2013 made it, arguably, the first issuer of a corporate use of proceeds green bond.

  • Profile: Neil Eckert - Aggregated Micro Power

    18 November 2014

    Former Climate Exchange CEO Neil Eckert believes small-scale biomass has an important and potentially lucrative role to play in the energy transition. Peter Cripps reports on his latest venture

  • Green bonds: of indexes, verifiers and the pursuit of standards

    13 November 2014

    The question of what is green continues to haunt the green bond market, says Peter Cripps

  • 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.

  • The potential of sub-Saharan Africa

    21 October 2014

    The IEA estimates renewable energy generation in Africa will grow 70% by 2020. Sophie Robinson-Tillett speaks to investors about their strategies for breaking into the continent and which countries show the most potential

  • Gemini raises bar for non-recourse financing in offshore wind

    16 October 2014

    Project Gemini set a new record for the funding levels that can be achieved in the project finance market. Its financial close proved that there is strong commercial bank and investor appetite for well-structured offshore wind projects, says Wolfgang Bischoff