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  • IEA scenarios lead investors to undervalue climate risk, says report

    06 April 2018

    The International Energy Agency (IEA)'s climate change scenarios are causing investors to undervalue transition risk and preventing countries from meeting their Paris Agreement targets, according to a group of researchers.

  • Barclays launches discounted green home mortgage

    06 April 2018

    Barclays has responded to the UK government's Green Finance Taskforce recommendation to boost the growth of green finance with the launch of the Barclays Green Home Mortgage.

  • Banking on a changing climate?

    05 April 2018

    Climate change poses a significant threat to banks. How big is their exposure to climate risks, and what are they doing to mitigate them, asks Peter Cripps

  • Renovate America completes first sale of Benji loans

    05 April 2018

    Renovate America has sold a portfolio of home improvement loans to an undisclosed North American regional bank.

  • France grows green bond to €11bn

    05 April 2018

    The Republic of France has grown the size of its sovereign green bond to €10.8 billion ($13.3 billion) by tapping it for a third time.

  • Spanish infrastructure firm plans €750m issue of green notes

    05 April 2018

    ACS Servicios Comunicaciones y Energia (ACS SCE), a Spanish engineering and infrastructure company, plans to issue €750 million ($920 million) of green notes this month.

  • Green Bond Comment, March

    04 April 2018

    At least $28 billion of new green bonds were issued in the first three months of 2018, according to preliminary data from the Environmental Finance Green Bonds Database.

  • Green bond round-up, 4 April 2018

    04 April 2018

    Green bond round-up, 4 April 2018

  • Actis sells Ostro Energy to India's ReNew Power

    04 April 2018

    Private equity firm Actis has exited the Indian renewables market with the sale of Ostro Energy to domestic independent power producer ReNew Power.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 03 April 2018

    03 April 2018

    A consolidation of EU Allowance (EUA) prices, or even a further rise, is the most likely outcome this week, despite negative fundamentals and higher than expected auction supply, says Louis Redshaw.