News

• ABN Amro claims first 'sustainable shipping loan'

  25 January 2016

  A €66 million ($71 million) loan structured by ABN Amro for Dutch shipping company Anthony Veder, has been hailed as the first sustainable shipping loan.

• Axa predicts divestment argument to heat up in 2016

  22 January 2016

  More investors are likely to divest their holdings in fossil fuel companies as the movement "accelerates" in 2016, predicts Axa Investment Managers (IM).

• EF BRIEFS: Capstone, PRI, Juwi, KfW, Gothaer

  22 January 2016

  Canadian renewables operator Capstone Infrastructure – formerly known as the Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund – will be acquired by a London-based fund in a $480 million deal.

• FSB reveals big hitters behind new climate change task force

  22 January 2016

  The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has named the members of its new climate change working group.

• Chinese bank to issue RMB50bn in green bonds

  21 January 2016

  A Chinese commercial bank has gained regulatory approval to issue up to RMB50 billion ($7.6 billion) of green bonds, according to a document filed with the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

• 'Toolkit' launched to help conservation finance scale up

  20 January 2016

  Green bonds issued by sovereigns to finance environmental conservation, and closed-ended funds focusing on assets such as sustainable timber, are among the products that can help the conservation finance market reach up to $200-$400 billion by 2020, according to a new report.

• EF BRIEFS: Exxon, FIM, SunEdison, Hareon, SPI, CTX

  20 January 2016

  A group of institutional investors with $300 billion under management is calling on ExxonMobil to prove its resilience in the face of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

• Sunrun agrees $250m credit with 'longest tenor in the industry'

  20 January 2016

  US rooftop solar firm, Sunrun, has agreed $250 million of financing to support its expansion.

• Carbon investment fund launches

  20 January 2016

  A carbon investment fund has been launched to provide early-stage funding for US offset projects.

• RWE puts £800m of UK wind on hold in the face of policy confusion

  20 January 2016

  RWE has put 12 onshore wind projects representing £800 million ($1.1 billion) of investment "on hold" as a result of uncertainty about UK renewables policy.