Archive

  • Businesses lay out their demands ahead of COP21

    02 November 2015

    A coalition representing some of the biggest companies in the world has cranked up the pressure on finance ministers to deliver a "robust and meaningful agreement" at the Paris climate summit in a month.

  • Green bond comment, October

    28 October 2015

    A series of chunky issues have provided a welcome boost the green bond market in recent weeks.

  • SMBC becomes Japan's first corporate green bond issuer

    16 October 2015

    Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has become Japan's first corporate green bond issuer with its inaugural $500 million offering.

  • DBJ prices €300m sustainability bond

    16 October 2015

    Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) has issued a €300 million ($340 million) 'sustainability bond' that will help finance efficient buildings and loans to green companies.

  • Asia poised to recharge green bond market, says BAML

    19 June 2015

    Asia is set to kickstart the next wave of growth in the green bond market, say analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), who identify six bonds in the pipeline.

  • Goldman Sachs sets $1bn target for securitised Japanese renewables bonds

    27 May 2015

    Goldman Sachs has established a "first of its kind" facility that aims to issue $1 billion of securitised Japanese renewable energy bonds.

  • Standard Bank's $250m lending platform for African renewables

    02 April 2015

    Standard Bank is to borrow $250 million, which it will lend on to fund renewables projects in sub-Saharan Africa.

  • Offshore wind is increasingly attractive to institutional investors, says EY

    10 March 2015

    Offshore wind energy projects are becoming increasingly attractive to institutional investors and could be cost-competitive with more established forms of energy by 2023, according to consultancy EY.

  • Jordan awards tenders for 200MW of renewables projects

    19 February 2015

    Jordan has awarded contracts to 12 solar projects and two wind farms, totalling 200MW, in its first renewable energy tender.

  • MSCI wins ESG contract with world's largest pension fund

    01 December 2014

    The $1.24 trillion Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has commissioned MSCI to conduct a worldwide environmental, social and governance (ESG) and stewardship review.