News

• Invenergy secures construction financing for 300MW Texas wind project

  11 July 2017

  US clean energy company Invenergy has arranged construction financing for its 300MW Santa Rita wind farm in west Texas.

• EU carbon market weekly update - 10 July 2017

  10 July 2017

  Warm weather in Europe, combined with stronger power prices and clean-dark spreads, should help combat the impact of high EUA auction volumes this week, says Louis Redshaw.

• Greenko to issue $1 bn green bond

  10 July 2017

  Indian renewables company Greenko plans to raise $950 million from the issue of its second green bond.

• GIIN partners with Deloitte to speed up development of impact investing

  10 July 2017

  The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has appointed Deloitte Consulting as its advisor for a programme to accelerate the development of the impact investing market.

• Foresight makes first subsidy-free Portuguese solar farm purchase

  10 July 2017

  Foresight Group has bought the 7.2MW Vale Matenças solar farm, its first investment in a utility scale solar project in Portugal without a government subsidy.

• SocGen reshuffles green bond team

  10 July 2017

  Societe Generale has announced several new appointments to develop its role in the market for green and sustainable bonds.

• Natixis issues first green CMBS

  07 July 2017

  Natixis has issued the world's first green commercial mortgage backed securitisation (CMBS) in collaboration with real estate investors Ivanhoé Cambridge and Callahan Capital Properties, raising $72 million.

• ESG integration still seen as 'nice to have' rather than 'must have', says PRI

  07 July 2017

  Integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in credit risk analysis is still perceived as 'nice to have' rather than 'must have', by investors and credit rating agencies, according to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) association.

• Innergex and Desjardins add French wind farms to portfolio

  07 July 2017

  Canadian renewables developer Innergex Renewable Energy and financial group Desjardins are to purchase two wind projects in France, taking the total number of wind farms jointly owned by the companies to 15.

• ISS-Ethix and CDP create climate impact rating tool for funds

  06 July 2017

  Corporate governance and responsible investment consultant ISS-Ethix Climate Solutions today launched a tool to rate the climate impact of funds, in what the company calls a 'world first'.