News

• Cleantech fund invests €7m in energy efficiency firm

  02 July 2014

  A cleantech and resource efficiency fund has invested €7 million in a firm that specialises in making equipment to improve energy efficiency in buildings.

• GE buys UK advanced anaerobic digestion firm

  02 July 2014

  Industrial giant General Electric Company (GE) is to acquire Monsal – a renewables firm based in the UK.

• Ex-Barclays carbon specialist launches advisory firm

  02 July 2014

  Louis Redshaw, the former head of environmental markets at Barclays, has set up a new company – Redshaw Advisors – to provide risk management services to participants in the carbon markets.

• Barclays and MSCI to launch Green Bond Index

  02 July 2014

  Barclays has teamed up with index provider MSCI to launch a Green Bond Index in response to 'high demand' from institutional investors.

• MSCI expands ESG arm with acquisition

  01 July 2014

  MSCI's environmental, social and government (ESG) arm is to acquire GMI Ratings – a provider of sustainability ratings and research.

• Columbia adds to spate of water bonds with $300m offering

  01 July 2014

  The District of Columbia Water and Sewage Authority has announced plans for the fourth water-related green bond in recent weeks.

• NWB becomes the first company to launch 'annual green bond'

  30 June 2014

  Dutch municipal bank Nederlandse Waterschapsbank (NWB) is set to follow up its inaugural €500 million ($680 million) green bond issue with an annual green bond issues.

• Voluntary carbon leaders look on the bright side

  30 June 2014

  The dominant players in the voluntary carbon market are optimistic about the future, despite a decline in volumes and prices between 2012 and 2013, according to the latest survey of the market by Environmental Finance.

• First Wind buys '500MW' wind project

  30 June 2014

  US developer First Wind has bought a wind project in Texas with potential for 500MW capacity.

• BMA agrees to divest from fossil fuels and invest in renewables

  27 June 2014

  The British Medical Association (BMA) will divest from fossil fuels because of health implications and the financial risks of having 'stranded assets' in its portfolio.