News

• IEA scenarios lead investors to undervalue climate risk, says report

  06 April 2018

  The International Energy Agency (IEA)'s climate change scenarios are causing investors to undervalue transition risk and preventing countries from meeting their Paris Agreement targets, according to a group of researchers.

• Barclays launches discounted green home mortgage

  06 April 2018

  Barclays has responded to the UK government's Green Finance Taskforce recommendation to boost the growth of green finance with the launch of the Barclays Green Home Mortgage.

• Renovate America completes first sale of Benji loans

  05 April 2018

  Renovate America has sold a portfolio of home improvement loans to an undisclosed North American regional bank.

• France grows green bond to €11bn

  05 April 2018

  The Republic of France has grown the size of its sovereign green bond to €10.8 billion ($13.3 billion) by tapping it for a third time.

• Spanish infrastructure firm plans €750m issue of green notes

  05 April 2018

  ACS Servicios Comunicaciones y Energia (ACS SCE), a Spanish engineering and infrastructure company, plans to issue €750 million ($920 million) of green notes this month.

• Green bond round-up, 4 April 2018

  04 April 2018

  Green bond round-up, 4 April 2018

• Actis sells Ostro Energy to India's ReNew Power

  04 April 2018

  Private equity firm Actis has exited the Indian renewables market with the sale of Ostro Energy to domestic independent power producer ReNew Power.

• EU carbon market weekly update - 03 April 2018

  03 April 2018

  A consolidation of EU Allowance (EUA) prices, or even a further rise, is the most likely outcome this week, despite negative fundamentals and higher than expected auction supply, says Louis Redshaw.

• Asian investors commit $930m to develop Indian solar projects

  03 April 2018

  Japan's SoftBank and Chinese company GCL System Integration Technology have agreed to form a $930 million joint venture to develop solar photovoltaic technology in India.

• Lloyd's criteria for coal divestment fall short, say activists

  03 April 2018

  Lloyd's of London will not invest in companies that get 30% or more of their revenues from coal, generate 30% or more of their electricity from coal, produce 20 million tonnes of coal a year or operate 10GW or more of coal-fired power stations, climate activists said today.