Archive

  • Foresight buys anaerobic digestion plant on behalf of pension fund

    23 July 2018

    Asset manager Foresight has completed the acquisition a 2.5MW operational anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in the UK, on behalf of a pension fund.

  • EU carbon market update, 23 July

    23 July 2018

  • KfW calculates impact of recent green bond issues

    23 July 2018

    German development bank KfW estimates that the €612 million ($715 million) of green paper it issued in the first six months of this year will save about €72 million/year in terms of fuel costs and other environmental and social impacts.

  • Banque de France and I4CE form climate finance partnership

    23 July 2018

    The Banque de France and the Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE) are forming a partnership to exchange expertise and increase the financial sector's awareness of climate risks and opportunities.

  • AllianzGI invests in IDB bond for Uruguayan solar plants

    23 July 2018

    Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has invested, on behalf of unnamed clients, in a private placement refinancing of two solar photovoltaic plants in Uruguay owned by clean power generator Atlas Renewable Energy.

  • The green and sustainability loan market: ready for take-off

    20 July 2018

    Green and sustainability loans are the hot new trend in sustainable finance. Could they outgrow the booming green bond market, ask Nick Roumpis and Peter Cripps.

  • Impax Launches Pax Global Opportunities Fund

    20 July 2018

    Impax Asset Management has launched its first fund since its acquisition of Pax World Management at the beginning of this year.

  • Ambachtsheer leaves Mercer to join BNP

    20 July 2018

    Jane Ambachtsheer has left her role at consultancy giant Mercer to join BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM).

  • Green Investment Group closes €270m Swedish wind project

    20 July 2018

    Macquarie's Green Investment Group (GIG) has reached a €270 million ($310 million) financial close on an onshore wind project backed by one of the longest corporate wind power purchase agreements (PPAs) in existence.

  • Lessons from the Nordics

    19 July 2018

    The Nordic countries are in the vanguard of the green bond market, leading the march in areas such as impact reporting. Michael Hurley asks what lessons the rest of the world can learn