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  • Daiwa launches solar fund

    01 August 2018

    Daiwa Securities Group has launched the Daiwa GI Green Fund, called the "Solar Fund", with a committed capital of totally ¥5 billion.

  • Green bond comment, August 2018: Upgrading the hot air balloon

    01 August 2018

    Green bonds are facing criticism from some very loud voices to prove their additionality and, by extension, their right to exist, comments Peter Cripps

  • Greenalia agrees €125m loan for biomass plant

    01 August 2018

    Spanish firm Greenalia has agreed a loan worth €125 million ($146 million) to finance its biomass electric power production plant.

  • Impax attracts £286m from UK wealth manager

    01 August 2018

    Impax Asset Management has been selected by UK wealth manager St James's Place to manage its £286 million ($376 million) Sustainable and Responsible Equity fund.

  • Carbon is 'most suitable metric for smart beta ESG'

    01 August 2018

    Investors deemed carbon as the most suitable environmental, social, governance (ESG) metric for inclusion in a smart beta investment strategy, according to a study. Seventy-four percent of investors selected carbon as being suitable for inclusion into smart beta, followed by other ESG metrics like water (21%), waste (20%) and gender diversity (18%).

  • UK seeks £400m EV fund manager with eye on lost EIB funding

    31 July 2018

    The UK ‘will be prepared’ for the European Investment Bank (EIB) to pull funding for clean energy infrastructure projects, the country’s government has suggested.

  • Rabobank and EIB expand 'impact loan' programme to €600m

    31 July 2018

    Rabobank is to make an additional €250 million ($293 million) available to 'environment-conscious' companies in the Netherlands, in the form of 'impact loans' with preferential interest rates.

  • Financial risks of deforestation driven by the soy boom

    31 July 2018

    Investors should engage with companies to help mitigate the risks posed by deforestation, says Julie Nash

  • Italian solar energy platform RTR sold for €1.3bn

    30 July 2018

    UK-based private equity investment firm Terra Firma has agreed to sell Italy's leading independent solar energy company, RTR, to F2i.

  • EU carbon update, 30 July 2018

    30 July 2018

    Further gains in EUA prices are the most likely outcome this week, as auction volumes fall sharply, says Louis Redshaw.