News

• Integrated reporting campaign targets investors

  31 July 2017

  The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) aims this year to increase demand from mainstream investors for improved corporate governance, longer-term thinking and sustainability reporting.

• Green bond funds poised to break through $2bn mark

  28 July 2017

  The value of green bond funds is fast approaching the $2 billion mark after a spate of launches in the past two years, analysis by Environmental Finance has revealed.

• Manager of new green bond fund to be announced next month

  28 July 2017

  A French pension scheme is expected to announce a €350 million ($400 million) green bond fund in mid-August, Environmental Finance has learned.

• JP Morgan commits to $200bn clean financing by 2025

  28 July 2017

  US bank JP Morgan plans to invest $200 billion in clean financing projects by 2025, the largest commitment of its kind by a global financial institution, it said.

• Responsible investment surges 9% in Australia

  27 July 2017

  Assets managed according to 'responsible investment' (RI) principles in Australia increased 9% last year and now represent 44% of all assets professionally managed in the country.

• Grenergy buys into Argentinian wind market

  27 July 2017

  Spain-based project developer Grenergy has purchased a 24MW wind farm in Argentina as part of its South American expansion strategy, building on its presence in Chile, Mexico, Peru and Colombia, where it already operates 1.3GW of wind and solar projects.

• Canada's La Caisse pays C$287m for Boralex stake

  27 July 2017

  Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (la Caisse), one of Canada's major institutional investors, has paid C$287.5 million ($229.5 million) for a 17.3% stake in renewables company Boralex.

• Cubico acquires two Spanish solar plants

  27 July 2017

  Renewables investment firm Cubico has added 98.8MW to its portfolio of solar assets with the purchase of the Andasol 1 and 2 power plants in Spain.

• US impact investors announce plans to expand the market

  27 July 2017

  A US group of impact investors, formed last year, has agreed a new mandate to enable it to advocate for favourable policies, catalyse the flow of impact capital, and expand impact investing globally.

• BlackRock and Lightsource to create £1bn solar portfolio

  27 July 2017

  Asset manager BlackRock and UK-based solar energy firm Lightsource have agreed to jointly create a £1 billion ($1.3 billion) portfolio of solar power assets in the UK.