News

• EF Briefs: Santander, GIB, Sustainable Development Capital Ltd, First Solar, Younicos, KfW

  09 December 2015

  Santander, GIB, SDCL and others in milestone UK lighting deal

• VW kicked out of FTSE sustainability index, 40 firms added

  09 December 2015

  Volkswagen has been booted out of the FTSE4Good Index after cheating on its US diesel emissions tests.

• Aviva gets behind energy efficiency project for UK's National Health Service

  09 December 2015

  Aviva Investors is backing an energy efficiency initiative run by the UK's National Health Service (NHS) to the tune of £15.4 million ($23.2 million).

• Innovative finance now critical in driving competitiveness of renewables - Citi

  08 December 2015

  Yieldcos, green bonds and other financial innovations will be key to further improvements in the cost competitiveness of renewable energy, according to analysts at Citi.

• EF BRIEFS: 8point3, Credit Agricole, Canadian Solar, Munich RE, Euronext

  07 December 2015

  Euronext signs up to Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative

• RWE's Dawson elected as IETA chairman

  07 December 2015

  The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) has elected Paul Dawson, head of regulatory affairs at RWE Supply and Trading, as chairman of the board.

• New fund could mobilise up to $100m for clean energy in developing countries

  07 December 2015

  The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has kick-started a fund to finance low-carbon energy assets in developing countries, which it says could leverage more than $100 million.

• Allianz joins list of firms launching green bond funds

  07 December 2015

  Allianz Global Investors has become the latest in a string of institutions to launch a green bond fund - as recently revealed by Environmental Finance.

• RGGI prices make further strong gains

  07 December 2015

  Carbon allowances in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) market soared to a new high of $7.50 in the latest quarterly auction, held on 2 December.

• UK renewables firm blames government for sale, de-listing

  07 December 2015

  Renewable Energy Generation (REG) is planning to sell some of its assets, de-list from the London stock exchange and wind up the rest of the company, blaming government changes to renewables support measures.