News

• Australia's carbon fund mulls direct purchases of credits from industrial projects

  16 August 2016

  Australia's Emissions Reduction Fund is considering buying carbon credits directly from industrial projects in a bid to diversify the projects it supports.

• Clean energy list identifies low-carbon investment opportunities

  16 August 2016

  An initiative to help investors exploit the opportunities arising from the transition to a low carbon economy has been launched by Canadian research firm Corporate Knights and US non-profit As You Sow.

• EU carbon market weekly update - 15 August 2016

  15 August 2016

  Another rise in EUA prices is the most likely scenario this week, as auction supply tightens further, says Louis Redshaw

• EF BRIEFS: Cubico, Water Security Fund

  15 August 2016

  Renewable energy and water infrastructure firm Cubico has bought a 67MW wind farm, in its first acquisition since Banco Santander sold its stake in the company last month.

• Extreme weather pushes Achmea into the red

  15 August 2016

  Dutch insurer Achmea has blamed 'supercell thunderstorms' for pushing it into a first-half loss.

• Lansdowne to launch 'long-only' renewable energy fund

  15 August 2016

  Lansdowne, one of the UK's largest hedge fund group, is planning to launch a 'long-only' renewable energy fund.

• Macquarie and Danish pension fund to own giant biomass plant

  15 August 2016

  Australian banking group Macquarie and Danish pension fund PKA are joining forces to buy what is claimed to be the world's largest dedicated biomass power plant.

• People Moves

  12 August 2016

  Farnam Bidgoli head of Sustainalytics' sustainable bond practice in Europe, has stepped down to complete her post graduate studies in Toronto.

• Investors raise €1.6bn for offshore wind

  12 August 2016

  A group of investors, led by Partners Group, have raised approximately €500 million ($557 million) in equity and €1.2 billion in debt, for a 400MW offshore wind farm.

• Industrial waste water fund reaches $320m final close

  12 August 2016

  A "first-of-its-kind" fund that invests in industrial water infrastructure has reached a $320 million final close, Environmental Finance can reveal.