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  • 50 names to be added to Climate Action 100+ engagement hit list

    21 February 2018

    50 more corporates are to be added to the $28 trillion Climate Action 100+ initiative's list of targets for climate-related engagement.

  • EIB and five development banks launch Marguerite II with a war chest of over €700m

    01 December 2017

    A new pan-European fund to support infrastructure investments in renewables, energy and transport has been launched by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and five national promotional banks (NPBs).

  • Manager of new green bond fund to be announced next month

    28 July 2017

    A French pension scheme is expected to announce a €350 million ($400 million) green bond fund in mid-August, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • France propels green bond market to achieve record first quarter

    03 April 2017

    A record breaking $25 billion of green bonds were issued in the first quarter of 2017, thanks in part to the mammoth €7 billion ($7.5 billion) sovereign green bond from France.

  • Butendiek wind farm closes €950m refinancing deal

    10 March 2017

    The owners of the 288MW Butendiek offshore wind farm have agreed a refinancing package for the project, involving more than €950 million ($1 billion) of senior debt.

  • CDC mandates banks to roadshow green bond

    03 February 2017

    France's Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) has mandated six banks to roadshow its inaugural green bond.

  • Green bond comment January: Vive la France

    01 February 2017

    The green bond market has made a strong start to 2017, with some $10.5 billion of issues having settled in January. This compares with $7.8 billion in January the previous year, according to figures from Environmental Finance's green bond database.

  • Investing in a changing climate

    06 December 2016

    Insurers are increasingly factoring climate change into their investment decisions. But they are only at the start of a long learning process, finds Peter Cripps. This is the second part of a three-part series on how insurers are dealing with climate change

  • Environmental clean-up fund reaches €80m first close

    12 May 2016

    A fund that will clean up brownfield sites in Europe has reached an €80 million ($91.11 million) first close, after securing the backing of four principal investors.

  • 'It's becoming harder to keep your head buried in the sand'

    02 December 2015

    As the Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition hits $230 billion, Amundi's Frederic Samama tells Sophie Robinson-Tillett why investors are throwing their weight behind the initiative