News

• EU carbon market weekly update - 4 December 2017

  04 December 2017

  Cold weather forecasts, unreliable nuclear availability and the looming auction shutdown mean the risks are to the upside for EUA prices this week, says Louis Redshaw

• Foresight launches UK fund to exploit infrastructure opportunity

  04 December 2017

  A fund looking to exploit the 'stable and predictable demand' in UK renewable energy and infrastructure investments, with a target size of £100 million ($135 million), has been launched by Foresight Group.

• Index ranking green financial centres due to launch in Q1 2018

  04 December 2017

  An attempt to rank financial centres according to their contribution to green finance is being launched by Brussels-based NGO Finance Watch and the London-based Long Finance initiative.

• NY Green Bank issues RfP to advise on $1bn fundraise

  04 December 2017

  New York Green Bank took a step closer towards its plan to raise at least $1 billion from private investors, after it issued a Request for Proposals (RfP) to evaluate strategies for raising, investing and managing the capital.

• Green bond market sees another record month

  01 December 2017

  The booming green bond market scaled fresh heights in November, which saw $16.7 billion of issues, setting a new monthly record.

• People moves: Carbon Tracker, Allianz, WWF, Sustineri, BMO

  01 December 2017

  Carbon Tracker Initiative has appointed Hermes Investment Management's chief executive Saker Nusseibeh as non-executive chairman.

• EIB and five development banks launch Marguerite II with a war chest of over €700m

  01 December 2017

  A new pan-European fund to support infrastructure investments in renewables, energy and transport has been launched by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and five national promotional banks (NPBs).

• Macquarie negotiating debt deal in world's largest biomass plant

  01 December 2017

  Macquarie Group is understood to be in discussions with a consortium of Korean investors to introduce mezzanine debt to the construction of the world's largest biomass power plant.

• UK's Brunel Pension Partnership joins IIGCC

  01 December 2017

  The Brunel Pension Partnership has become the first of the UK's eight pooled local government pension schemes to join the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).

• Banks 'should disclose how loans impact SDGs'

  30 November 2017

  Banks should regularly report on what kind of companies they are lending money to, and how these loans impact the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, the UK head of Triodos Bank has argued.