News

• Innergex and Desjardins expand French wind portfolio

  08 May 2017

  Innergex Renewable Energy of Canada and the Desjardins Group pension plan have added a further three wind farms to their portfolio of wind energy assets in France.

• Investors with $15trn in AUM call on global governments to implement Paris Agreement

  08 May 2017

  Investors representing more than $15 trillion in assets under management (AUM) have written to the governments of G7 and G20 countries calling on them to support and implement the commitments of the Paris Agreement, to limit global temperature increase to less than 2°C.

  

• People Moves: EEM, Neuberger, Putnam

  05 May 2017

  Adrian Rimmer has left his position of CEO of carbon markets exchange European Environmental Markets (EEM) to focus on his other business interests and projects.

• S&P launches first assessment under green evaluation tool

  05 May 2017

  S&P Global has issued the first assessment under its Green Evaluation Tool just one week after it launched.

• Allianz rejects calls to expand its coal divestment policy to its asset management and underwriting businesses

  04 May 2017

  Allianz told its annual general meeting (AGM) that it has divested €225 million of ($245.7 million) of coal holdings, but it rejected a call to expand its coal divestment pledge to its asset management and underwriting business.

• UNEP FI and G20 create investor toolkit on energy efficiency

  04 May 2017

  The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the G20 have partnered to create a tool to help investors identify opportunities in the energy efficiency market.

• PGGM commits €200m to rooftop solar

  04 May 2017

  Dutch investment manager PGGM has increased its commitment to clean energy by taking a €200 million ($218 million) stake in a portfolio of 38,000 rooftop solar systems in the US.

• Green bond round-up, 3 May 2017

  03 May 2017

  Bank of Beijing has issued a RMB15 billion ($2.2 billion) green bond, the largest from a Chinese entity so far this year.

• ISO to consider green bond standard

  03 May 2017

  The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) is to consider setting up an international green bond standard, Environmental Finance has learned.

• Volvo to roadshow Europe's first green bond for automobiles

  03 May 2017

  Volvo Cars is to issue the first green bond from a European car manufacturer, with the proceeds being used to finance cars that can be powered without fossil fuels.