News

• Voting in Environmental Finance's 18th Annual Market Rankings closes soon

  03 November 2017

  Voting has begun in the Environmental Finance Annual Market Rankings – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.

• Fundsmith enters sustainability arena and slams competition

  02 November 2017

  Fundsmith launched its first sustainability fund, while taking a swipe at other offerings in the space, pointing to "fatal flaws in the way that existing environmental, social and governance (ESG) monitoring is applied."

• A quarter of refineries under threat in a 2°C world, warns Carbon Tracker

  02 November 2017

  Falling oil demand in a carbon-constrained world could result in the closure of a quarter of global refineries in the next 20 years, the latest report from Carbon Tracker has found.

• Green bonds round-up, 1 November 2017

  01 November 2017

  After recently establishing a green bond framework, the Nordic-Baltic banking group Swedbank has issued an inaugural €500 million green bond, which it claims is "the tightest unsecured print by some margin (by any bank) in more than a decade".

• Platina Energy sells Italian solar portfolio to NextEnergy for €131.9m

  01 November 2017

  Platina Energy Partners has cashed out from eight solar plants based in Italy and is eyeing new opportunities across Europe.

• Online climate policy tracker tool launched

  01 November 2017

  An online platform designed to help business track which climate policies are relevant to them across different regions and sectors has been launched.

• Glennmont closes on €190m refinancing with first Italian wind bond

  31 October 2017

  Glennmont Partners has issued Italy's first bond for the wind sector as it successfully completed its second refinancing in a month.

• S&P Dow Jones discloses carbon metrics for its equity indexes

  31 October 2017

  Index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&PDJI) has begun publishing key carbon metrics for its equity indexes in response to growing investor interest in the risks associated with carbon emissions.

• Innergex expands with C$1.1bn Alterra takeover deal

  31 October 2017

  Innergex Renewable Energy is looking to diversify its portfolio with the acquisition of its Canadian rival Alterra Power, in a C$1.1 billion ($857.83 million) deal supported by Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (la Caisse).

• Energy efficiency overtakes renewables in public sector investments

  31 October 2017

  More public sector investment went into energy efficiency in 2015-16 than any other climate change mitigation measure, according to the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI).