News

  • People Moves

    20 May 2016

    The latest people moves from Carbon Tracker, South Pole, UNFCCC and GGGI

  • Investors are optimistic about Exxon and Chevron climate change resolutions

    20 May 2016

    Investors are optimistic of a "positive" result for two shareholder resolutions on climate change at ExxonMobil and Chevron ahead their annual general meetings next week, despite opposition from the companies' boards.

  • EF BRIEFS: San Francisco water bond, Capital Stage, NextEnergy, Vestas

    20 May 2016

    The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) has become the first entity to issue a green bond certified under the Water Climate Bonds Standard, coming to market with a $240 million offering.

  • Espinosa named as Figueres' replacement

    19 May 2016

    Patricia Espinosa will replace Christina Figueres as the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

  • Ontario votes in cap-and-trade system

    19 May 2016

    Ontario has passed legislation to introduce a cap-and-trade carbon market in what has been described as "the start of the next chapter" for its shift towards a low-carbon economy.

  • Geely green bond receives warm reception from pension funds

    19 May 2016

    Chinese car maker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group has launched a five-year, dollar-denominated green bond, with "strong" support from pension funds.

  • Singapore's Hyflux 'builds war chest' with four-times oversubscribed placement

    18 May 2016

    Sustainable technology firm Hyflux has seen its latest institutional offering more than four-times oversubscribed – closing the deal early at S$165 million ($120 million).

  • EF BRIEFS: Allianz; Electric car subsidy, US Clean Power Plan hearing postponed

    18 May 2016

    Allianz Global Investors has acquired an onshore wind portfolio from the Dutch Infrastructure Fund (DIF).

  • PACE fund secures $250m credit, eyes ABS

    18 May 2016

    A fund that finances Property Assessed Clean Energy (Pace) upgrades in the US has secured a $250 million credit facility, in a deal expected to pave the way for its first publicly issued asset-backed security (ABS).

  • Yvo De Boer resigns as Director-General of GGGI

    18 May 2016

    Former UN climate chief Yvo De Boer has announced his resignation as Director-General of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI).