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Blackstone to acquire ESG data provider Sphera for $1.4 billion

Bond round-up: Westpac, CGNPC, Prologis, Hera, Hannon Armstrong ... and more

Generali links credit facilities with ESG factors

Generali has introduced environmental, social and governance (ESG) features into its revolving credit facilities, in the latest example of these so-called non-financial factors being incorporated into loans.

Profile: KBC Eco Fund - Water

Water funds, such as the KBC Eco Fund – Water, have performed strongly in recent years. But many stocks in the sector are now looking expensive, the fund manager tells Graham Cooper

Deutsche Bank launches €1bn green bond portfolio

Deutsche Bank has pledged to buy €1 billion ($1.1 billion) of green bonds, in a further sign of confidence in the market's prospects.

A review of the green bond market in 2014

The green bond market trebled in size in 2014 - but who were the big winners and can the breakneck speed of expansion continue, asks Peter Cripps

Investing in commercial solar rooftops in the US

After raising $130 million to refinance its first fund, True Green Capital's Panos Ninios explains why he is so bullish about commercial rooftop solar in the US. Peter Cripps reports

Hera's €500m green bond is three-times oversubscribed

A €500 million green bond, believed to be Italy's first, was three-times oversubscribed when it was issued this week.

Utility mulls Italy's 'first green bond issue'

An Italian utility will next week host a roadshow to test investor demand for the country's first green bond.