News

• EIB prices C$500m climate awareness bond

  12 September 2016

  The European Investment Bank (EIB) has priced a C$500 million ($382 million) Climate Awareness Bond.

• E.On to outperform RWE under 2^oC scenario, says Barclays

  12 September 2016

  German power utility E.On would fare much better than its domestic rival RWE, if the world manages to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of restricting global warming to no more than 2^oC.

• Nigeria joins race to issue sovereign green bond

  12 September 2016

  The race become the first sovereign green bond issuer intensified as Nigeria said it plans to issue green bond.

• Iberdrola prices €700m green bond

  12 September 2016

  Spanish utility Iberdrola has priced a €700 million ($785 million) green bond, issued as part of its "green" euro medium-term note (EMTN) programme, making it the biggest corporate issuer of green bonds so far this year.

• Allianz to put more than $200bn of assets under ESG scrutiny

  12 September 2016

  Allianz plans to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into the assessment of more than $200 billion of assets, saying that the measures will help it boost investment returns.

• Hudson and Sky Solar buy renewable energy portfolio

  12 September 2016

  US private equity firm Hudson Clean Energy Partners and project developer Sky Solar have made the first acquisition of their strategic partnership announced last year.

• S&P Global Ratings develops green bond and ESG assessment tools

  09 September 2016

  S&P Global Ratings is developing a green bond evaluation tool, making it the latest in a series of players to launch a product to help investors quantify the green credentials of an issue.

• NTPC plans more green 'masala' bonds

  09 September 2016

  India's National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) is planning more 'masala' bonds, possibly in the next eight to nine months.

• EF BRIEFS: Duke Energy, Statkraft, NEP

  09 September 2016

  Norway's sovereign wealth fund has divested its holdings in US utility Duke Energy, pointing to the company's risk of "severe environmental damage".

• Mitsubishi UFJ to follow SMBC into green bond market

  08 September 2016

  Japanese lender Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has said it is preparing a launch its inaugural green bond, following in the footsteps of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation's (SMBC) landmark issue last year.