News

  • Investors need to wake up to climate risks, warns Cicero

    02 February 2017

    The most immediate risks faced by companies as a result of climate change have been laid bare in a report that warns investors to urgently turn their attention to the issue.

  • SEB gears up to launch inaugural green bond

    02 February 2017

    Swedish investment bank SEB is gearing up to issue a euro-denominated green bond.

  • RINs market suffers as EPA delays new regulations

    02 February 2017

    The price of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) has dropped to a one-year low after the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would delay the implementation of regulations finalised at the end of the Obama administration.

  • Green bond round up - 1 February 2017

    01 February 2017

    The New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust has issued its third green bond in three years, raising $106.344 million.

  • EF BRIEFS: EOS, UBS

    01 February 2017

    EOS Investment Management (IM) has acquired a 40MW renewable energy portfolio in Italy for €140 million ($150.2 million)

  • Deutsche to stop financing for new coal projects

    01 February 2017

    Deutsche Bank has committed to not provide financing for new coal-fired power plants and new 'greenfield' thermal coal mines.

  • KfW identifies energy efficiency as a major financing theme

    01 February 2017

    German development bank KfW financed some €20.7 billion ($22.3 billion) of energy efficiency projects last year, out of total commitments of €81 billion.

  • CBI's green bond themes to look out for in 2017

    31 January 2017

    More sovereign issuance and harmonisation of standards are two of the themes set to shape the green bond market in 2017, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

  • Weather hedging could save wind farms $56bn, says insurer

    31 January 2017

    Wind energy investors are losing some $56 billion in 'untapped asset values' as a result of their failure to transfer weather risk efficiently, according to an insurance underwriter.

  • Yieldco NESF secures £150m debt facility

    31 January 2017

    UK yieldco NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has secured a £150 million ($186 million) long-term debt facility from a syndicate of lenders.