News

• Osborne urged not to scrap UK carbon reporting

  14 March 2016

  UK Chancellor George Osborne is considering scrapping the requirement for listed companies report on their carbon emissions, according to the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), which has urged him not to take this "valuable" information away from shareholders.

• EU carbon market weekly update - 14 March 2016

  14 March 2016

  EU allowance prices have steadied in recent weeks following a tumultuous start to 2016. But further moderate falls could be in store, says Louis Redshaw

• EF BRIEFS: Greencoat, Anglo American, Recharge AS, Kommuninvest

  14 March 2016

  A pension fund joint venture Investment vehicle has joined forces with yieldco Greencoat UK Wind to acquire a stake in a Scottish wind farm for £355 million ($510 million).

• Qingdao issues China's third domestic green bond

  14 March 2016

  Bank of Qingdao (BQD) has issued the first two tranches of its RMB8 billion ($1.5 billion) green bond programme, raising RMB4 billion.

• ESG disclosure requirements need less of a 'blanket approach', says Deloitte

  14 March 2016

  Sustainability indicators for listed companies need to be more tailored, to enable firms to report more clearly on material risks, according to a specialist at Deloitte.

• EF BRIEFS: GCF, Solactive, Lloyds

  11 March 2016

  The Green Climate Fund's (GCF) project pipeline is set to increase by $1.5 billion, and potentially up to $2.5 billion, after key agreements were reached at its latest board meeting.

• Norway's sovereign wealth fund divests 58 companies on environmental grounds

  11 March 2016

  Norway's giant sovereign wealth fund divested from 58 companies last year because they were deemed to pose environmental risks.

• Sustainable private equity firm seeks £50m

  11 March 2016

  A private equity firm is looking to raise £50 million ($70 million) to invest in companies that contribute towards the creation of a 'circular economy'.

• Moody's GBA revisions revealed

  11 March 2016

  Moody's Green Bond Assessment (GBA) is "likely" to expand its definition of 'what is green' to include other taxonomies in addition to the one laid out in the Green Bond Principles (GBPs), Environmental Finance has learned.

• $30m fundraise, as Pace 'comes of age'

  10 March 2016

  The US property assessed clean energy (Pace) market has "come of age", according to a company that has just raised $30 million in operating capital to help fund its expansion plans.