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  • Environmental issues becoming more popular with impact investors, report finds

    18 May 2016

    Environmental goals are gaining traction with impact investors, a report by the Global Investing Impact Network (GIIN) has found.

  • France to set floor price of about €30 for carbon

    18 May 2016

    France has indicated that it will set a price of about €30 ($33) a tonne for carbon, in a move designed to kickstart wider European efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to reports.

  • Platina announces two renewables refinancings

    18 May 2016

    Private equity firm Platina Energy Partners has refinanced a £28 million ($40 million) wind portfolio and a €50 million ($56 million) solar portfolio.

  • EF BRIEFS: Starbucks, TerraForm Power, Fabege

    17 May 2016

    Starbucks priced a $500 million bond yesterday, claiming it is the first corporate sustainability bond to be issued out of the US.

  • TSKB tightens price on inaugural sustainability bond by 62.5bps

    16 May 2016

    Turkish investment and development bank Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma (TSKB) tightened pricing on its inaugural sustainability bond by 62.5 basis points, on the back of a massive investor demand.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 16 May 2016

    16 May 2016

    EU allowances (EUA) prices ended the week flat at €5.86, with an intra-week trading range of 51 cents.

  • Starbucks to issue sustainability bond

    16 May 2016

    Coffee giant Starbucks is preparing to issue a labelled 'sustainability bond' to help improve the environmental and social impacts of its supply chain.

  • Norway's sovereign wealth fund to sue Volkswagen

    16 May 2016

    Norway's $850 billion oil fund has told the media it will sue Volkswagen (VW) over last year's emissions test scandal.

  • First ever Nordic sustainability bond programme prepares to launch

    13 May 2016

    A Swedish company is getting ready to launch the first sustainability bond programme in the Nordic region, with a focus on energy-efficient real estate.

  • EF BRIEFS: Dong Energy, TenneT, TerraForm Power, Yingli, KfW

    13 May 2016

    Danish utility and offshore wind specialist Dong Energy expects to float this summer, it has announced.

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