Archive

  • People moves: Inrate, Natural Power, Crédit Agricole

    06 March 2017

    Swiss sustainability rating agency Inrate has appointed Beat Zaugg and Lotte Knuckles to its board, bringing the total number of board members at the company to four.

  • People Moves

    27 April 2016

    The latest peoples moves, including changes at Pegasus Capital, TerraForm Power, LSE, Calvert and RobecoSAM

  • Energy efficiency 2016: Renew Financial and Citi

    23 March 2016

    Buildings account for some 40% of global energy consumption, but opportunities to invest in energy efficiency in real estate can be hard to find, and the market remains frustratingly fragmented. So, when Renew Financial issued the world's first securitisation of a portfolio of energy efficiency loans, it was hailed as the birth of a new and welcome asset class.

  • Calvert moves water fund to passive approach, launching dedicated index

    10 February 2016

    Calvert Investments has launched a water index, as it shifts its water fund from active to passive management.

  • KfW completes its 2015 green bond programme with $1bn issue

    11 November 2015

    German development bank KfW has priced a $1 billion, five-year, green bond, making it the biggest issuer in the market this year.

  • African renewables fund reaches $200m target

    21 September 2015

    The Berkeley Energy-managed African Renewable Energy Fund (AREF) has achieved its funding target of $200 million following an investment from the European Investment Bank (EIB).

  • Tool invented to assess water risk in corporate bonds

    08 September 2015

    A tool launched today will make it easier for investors to incorporate water risk into their corporate bond credit risk analysis.

  • S&P and Goldman Sachs create responsible investment indices

    25 June 2015

    Standard & Poor's (S&P) has teamed up with Goldman Sachs to create two responsible investment indices – the latest in a series of launches in the space this week.

  • Calvert set to expand responsible indexes

    24 June 2015

    Calvert Investments has launched three new funds alongside a new suite of indexes, all aimed at the responsible investment space.

  • Investors managing $12trn call for long-term emissions reduction goal

    26 May 2015

    Investors managing $12 trillion of assets have urged G7 finance ministers to back a long-term emissions reduction plan, to help limit the average global temperature increase to 2⁰C above pre-industrial levels.