News

  • EF BRIEFS: SolarCity, Cleveland, Rockefeller Family Fund, NTR

    24 March 2016

    SolarCity has secured a $131 million tax equity fund, with an undisclosed financing partner, to finance its distributed residential, commercial and military solar projects.

  • SEC sides with DiNapoli in fight with ExxonMobil

    24 March 2016

    ExxonMobil has lost its bid to block a shareholder resolution over disclosure of its climate change policy, after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled against it.

  • Shanghai Pudong returns to green bond market

    23 March 2016

    The Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) is set to tap the green bond market again, just two months after its mammoth inaugural issue.

  • San Francisco public utility to issue certified green bond

    23 March 2016

    The San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) is gearing up to issue a green bond, which is set to be the first issue from a US municipal certified under a water standard.

  • BNP Paribas IP to extend sustainable real estate methodology to include biodiversity

    23 March 2016

    BNP Paribas is to become the first asset manager to incorporate biodiversity considerations into its sustainable real estate fund.

  • California State gears up to issue $500m green bond

    23 March 2016

    The State of California plans to issue a $500 million green bond, its second, to finance at least 34 water projects throughout the state.

  • EF BRIEFS: Vivint, St Paul, National Australia Bank, Engie, Renew Power, Senvion

    22 March 2016

    Distributed solar company Vivint Solar has closed a $200 million term facility to help its expansion across the US.

  • People Moves - March 2016

    22 March 2016

    The latest people moves at companies including SunEdison, RWE, Green Climate Fund, DNV GL, Schroders and more

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 21 March 2016

    21 March 2016

    A 5 cent fall took the weekly EU allowance (EUA) closing price back to €4.95, a 1% week-on-week drop. Once again trading volumes were low and the 27 cent trading range was the lowest seen so far in 2016 (€4.77 low: €5.04 high), adding to the sideways price action seen over the last few weeks.

  • Car makers set for up to $4.8bn fines for non-compliance on climate change, warns CDP

    21 March 2016

    Leading car manufacturers could face penalties of up for $4.8 billion for falling short of emissions rules, CDP has warned investors.