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  • Million Lives Fund launches $100m healthcare impact vehicle

    30 March 2021

    The Million Lives Fund has raised $100 million to invest in companies using technology to expand healthcare access and education.

  • New York MTA issues $500m 'certified' green bond

    03 February 2016

    New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is to issue a green bond certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

  • Foresight Solar Fund expands acquisition facility to £150m

    24 July 2015

    Foresight Solar Fund, a UK yieldco, has reached agreement with Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander to increase its acquisition facility to £150 million ($232 million) from £120 million.

  • Analysis: The Climate Bonds Initiative's new standards

    17 July 2015

    The CBI's proposed new standards are designed to shore up investor confidence in the market. But will they prove too onerous for many issuers, asks Sophie Robinson-Tillett

  • Climate Bonds Initiative to revamp its standards

    17 July 2015

    The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) is set to relaunch its green bond standards in a move it claims will boost investor confidence in the market.

  • EY becomes climate bond verifier

    20 January 2015

    Auditing giant EY has signed up to be a verifier for a set of green bond standards being developed by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), marking a "milestone" in the development of the programme.

  • Spain deals '€1.35bn' blow to renewables firms

    15 July 2013

    Spain's latest planned subsidy cuts will cost the renewables sector €1.35 billion ($1.8 billion), according to a research note.