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World Bank issues $550m green bond
12 August 2013The World Bank has returned to the green bond market in a follow-up to its record-breaking $1 billion offering earlier this year.
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Terra Firma 'makes progress with £1.5bn' Infinis sale
05 August 2013Private equity giant Terra Firma has reportedly made progress in its attempt to find a buyer for its clean energy company Infinis, in a move expected to generate about £1.5 billion ($2.3 billion).
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EIB in its third green bond transaction of July
31 July 2013The European Investment Bank has raised SEK400 million ($61.4 million) in its third green bond transaction in July.
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EU-China solar trade deal 'relief' for investors
30 July 2013A compromise suggested by the EU and China in their long-running solar trade dispute has been hailed as a relief for investors, but could deal a further blow to Europe's solar manufacturers and installers.
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NYSE joins Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative
26 July 2013NYSE Euronext, parent of the New York Stock Exchange, has joined the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Initiative, marking "a significant step forward" for the programme.
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EIB to phase out coal-fired lending
24 July 2013One of the world's biggest energy lenders, the European Investment Bank, has adopted new lending policies expected to see it phase out the financing of coal-fired power plants.
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WHEB Asset Management positive on outlook for LED stocks
23 July 2013An asset manager has highlighted a number of stocks it believes are best placed to benefit from the projected rapid growth of energy efficient light emitting diodes.
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Asset manager buys EIB's biggest SEK green bond of 2013
19 July 2013The European Investment Bank has issued its biggest Swedish kronor-denominated green bond of 2013, with a Scandinavian asset manager the single buyer.
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Green Deal Finance Company to woo institutional investors
18 July 2013The company that provides loans under the UK's Green Deal domestic energy efficiency programme hopes to raise funds from institutional investors in a year, it said today.
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Standards boost forest carbon market
16 July 2013As the Woodland Carbon Code is launched on the Markit Environmental Registry, Pat Snowdon reviews the evolution of the UK's forest carbon market and the potential for other markets in ecosystem services