News

• Real estate firm launches world's first all-green MTN programme

  22 April 2016

  A listed real estate company will launch the first medium-term note (MTN) programme to include green terms within it.

• EF BRIEFS: SunEdison, BNCR, JLEN, World Bank, Capital Stage

  22 April 2016

  SunEdison, once the world's biggest renewable energy developer, has applied for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after its aggressive growth plans came unstuck.

• FlexiGroup gains tighter prices on green tranche

  21 April 2016

  FlexiGroup has achieved tighter pricing for the green tranche of it latest asset backed security (ABS), Environmental Finance can reveal.

• Moody's ups 2016 green bond forecast to $70bn

  21 April 2016

  Moody's has upped its prediction for green bond issuance for 2016 to $70 billion, after a record-breaking first quarter boosted by a spate of massive deals from Chinese.

• Asset managers should learn from insurers when it comes to climate risk, says Willis

  21 April 2016

  Asset managers and owners should use existing practices in the insurance industry to get to grips with their climate risks, according to an expert at Willis Towers Watson.

• Investors urged to steer carefully around autos following Mitsubishi scandal

  20 April 2016

  Investors were warned to be wary of the automobile sector after another major manufacturer was embroiled in an emissions scandal.

• EF BRIEFS: EDP Renováveis, RBS, Avantium, Atlantis, Quercus

  20 April 2016

  EDP Renováveis has sold a stake in a European wind portfolio in a deal worth €550 million ($626 million).

• Struggling SunEdison launches 'fire sale' of 5.3GW of projects

  20 April 2016

  SunEdison has put a list of 5.3GW of renewables projects up for sale, as it looks to stave off potential bankruptcy.

• Green bond supply still falling short of demand, says major bank

  20 April 2016

  Demand for green bonds continues to outstrip supply, despite a record first quarter for new issues, said a leading European bank in a research note on the market.

• GRI releases first sustainability reporting standards

  19 April 2016

  The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has made its first set of sustainability reporting standards available for public comment. They comprise three standards that are applicable to all organisations and three topic-specific standards covering emissions, indirect economic impacts and public policy.