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  • Water utility ends dry patch for UK green bonds

    31 July 2017

    A water utility has priced a £250 million ($330 million) green bond, in the first issue from the UK for a year.

  • Scientists predict above-average hurricane season

    31 May 2017

    There is a 45% chance that this summer will see more Atlantic hurricanes than usual and only a 20% chance of there being fewer, according to US storm analysts.

  • Finance sector gets guidance on Natural Capital Protocol

    17 May 2017

    Guidance has been issued to provide financial institutions with a structured framework to identify, measure and value natural capital within their banking, investment and insurance activities.

  • Allianz-led consortium acquires UK's largest water-only supplier

    02 May 2017

    An Allianz-led consortium has agreed to acquire the UK's largest water-only supplier, Affinity Water.

  • Impact investors turn to water stocks, says KBI

    02 May 2017

    Water is becoming "an almost intuitive" impact allocation for a growing number of investors, according to KBI Global Investors (KBIGI).

  • Green bond round-up, 26 April 2017

    26 April 2017

    Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, a subsidiary of California-based health provider Kaiser Permanente, is gearing up to issue its inaugural green bond.

  • S&P launches beefed-up green bond evaluation tool

    26 April 2017

    S&P Global has launched its long-awaited Green Evaluation Tool after beefing-up the list of mitigation projects it can assess.

  • Voting begins for EF's Deals of the Year awards

    12 April 2017

    Nominations are now being accepted for the tenth annual Environmental Finance Deals of the Year awards.

  • GCF rehabilitating hydro is 'shameful' - NGO

    11 April 2017

    The Green Climate Fund's (GCF) decision to rehabilitate a Soviet era dam in Tajikistan has been labelled 'shameful' by one senior analyst.

  • Water companies outperform other environmental stocks - FTSE Russell

    05 April 2017

    Water companies are the best performers in the FTSE Russell Environmental Opportunities Index Series, outperforming the FTSE All World by 22% over the last five years.