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  • Consortium plans to build on the success of IFC forest bond

    22 June 2017

    Three international organisations have come together to encourage the use of innovative private sector finance to combat deforestation.

  • Marguerite makes first investments in Sweden and Portugal

    22 June 2017

    European infrastructure fund Marguerite has acquired a 46.8MW wind project in Sweden and two 15MW biomass plants in Portugal, marking its first investments in the countries.

  • South Pole sells carbon tool to ISS

    22 June 2017

    South Pole Group has sold its investment climate data advisory tool, Climate Neutral Investments (CNI), to governance consultancy firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS).

  • Lawsuit threats will not deter Californian commissioner on coal divestment

    22 June 2017

    Commissioner Dave Jones reveals the number of legal-action threats received since he launched a Climate Risk Carbon Initiative

  • Yieldco buys stake in its own parent company, helped by PSP Investments

    21 June 2017

    US yieldco Pattern Energy (PEGI) has bought a stake in its parent company after securing investment from Canadian pension fund PSP Investments.

  • Green bond round-up, 21 June 2017

    21 June 2017

    Dutch power transmission company TenneT has issued its seventh green bond, raising €1 billion ($1.118bn).

  • Nordea roadshows green bond at Environmental Finance conference

    21 June 2017

    Scandinavian financial services group Nordea is this week roadshowing its inaugural green bond, including meeting investors on the sidelines of Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Europe 2017 conference.

  • The carbon impact of green bonds

    21 June 2017

    Mirova's Chris Wigley explains the firm's new methodology for impact measurement

  • Oil & gas companies risk $2.3trn in stranded assets

    21 June 2017

    $2.3 trillion of future upstream investments by 69 oil & gas companies is at risk of becoming stranded assets, according to a new report by Carbon Tracker Initiative and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

  • European yieldcos eye further expansion

    21 June 2017

    Three European renewable energy investment firms, with a focus on generating high dividend payouts, have announced plans to raise substantial amounts of new capital.