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  • How to boost the flow of bankable water projects?

    20 October 2017

    There are countless water infra projects that need funding and no shortage of potential investors. But how to bridge the funding gap and create bankable projects asks Aaron Vermeulen

  • Swedbank launches green bond framework, looks to raise €500m

    19 October 2017

    Swedbank has launched a green bond framework as it looks to raise at least €500 million ($590 million).

  • New Forests to acquire 170,000-acre US forest for pension funds

    19 October 2017

    Australian forestry investment manager New Forests has agreed to acquire a 170,000-acre timberlands estate in California from woods products company Roseburg Resources for an undisclosed value on behalf of two unnamed European and North American pension funds.

  • International flights will not be part of EU emissions cap until 2024

    19 October 2017

    EU policymakers have pushed back by four years the date from which emissions from international flights will be counted under the EU-wide Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

  • Mosaic lays foundations for $307m green securitisation

    19 October 2017

    Solar loan provider Mosaic plans to issue a green asset-backed securitisation worth $307.5 million, its second such issue of 2017, to provide financing for the installation of residential rooftop solar panels.

  • Green bonds round-up, 18 October 2017

    18 October 2017

    Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's largest bank, has issued a green bond with a value of about $2.15 billion.

  • Rating agencies are the main driver of corporate sustainability, says Oekom

    18 October 2017

    Companies currently regard rating agencies as the primary driver of sustainability, but expect them to be overtaken in the future by customer demands, regulations and investor pressure, according to German research firm Oekom.

  • Fiji to issue $50m green bond within weeks

    18 October 2017

    Pacific island state Fiji will issue green bonds worth 100 million Fiji dollars ($50 million) as soon as November, becoming the first developing country to issue a sovereign green bond.

  • Brookfield has Atlantica in its sights after acquiring TerraForm

    17 October 2017

    Brookfield Asset Management has completed the acquisition of US yieldco TerraForm Power, and may be planning to buy another, in the form of Atlantica Yield.

  • Axa IMRA expands forestry portfolio with Finnish acquisition

    17 October 2017

    Deal forms part of firm's responsible investment strategy