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  • Investors' fiduciary duty includes 'transition to low-carbon economy'

    26 January 2017

    Supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy is part of an investor's fiduciary duty, according to a new report that calls for 'more forceful' advocacy on climate change from financiers.

  • Private equity firm secures €100m loan to refinance solar portfolio

    23 January 2017

    A Private equity firm has signed a "roughly" €100 million ($107 million) loan deal to refinance a 20MW Spanish solar portfolio.

  • CDP partners with business leaders to determine carbon price that aligns with 2°C scenario

    17 January 2017

    Environmental non-profit CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, has partnered with We Mean Business to launch an initiative designed to determine a carbon price that is consistent with a 2°C scenario.

  • TERP sells 365MW solar portfolio for £470m

    06 January 2017

    US-listed yieldco TerraForm Power (TERP) has agreed to sell a solar photovoltaic (PV) portfolio in the UK to an Egyptian investment bank for £470 million ($580 million).

  • Shareholders criticise BlackRock's environmental voting [Updated]

    28 November 2016

    BlackRock has been criticised by shareholders for failing to back climate change resolutions despite publicly calling for investors to take action on the issue.

  • Quantitative easing has hurt ESG investing, says Hermes chief

    01 November 2016

    The unprecedented amount of quantitative easing (QE) that has followed the financial disaster of 2008 has had a direct impact on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, said Saker Nusseibeh, CEO of Hermes Investment Management.

  • Low yields and high volatility deter ESG investors, finds survey

    19 September 2016

    Current conditions in the financial markets are deterring investors from making allocation decisions based on their beliefs about the importance of sustainability, according to a recent survey.

  • 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.

  • Database reveals financiers behind tropical deforestation projects

    06 September 2016

    At least $38 billion of loans and underwriting facilities were provided, between 2010 and 2015, to the forestry operations of the 50 companies most involved in commodities responsible for tropical deforestation in southeast Asia.

  • Green bond comment - August

    02 September 2016

    The green bond market could see $100 billion of issues this year.