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Voting in Environmental Finance's 18th Annual Market Rankings closes soon

Voting has begun in the Environmental Finance Annual Market Rankings – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.

Fundsmith enters sustainability arena and slams competition

Fundsmith launched its first sustainability fund, while taking a swipe at other offerings in the space, pointing to "fatal flaws in the way that existing environmental, social and governance (ESG) monitoring is applied."

A quarter of refineries under threat in a 2°C world, warns Carbon Tracker

Falling oil demand in a carbon-constrained world could result in the closure of a quarter of global refineries in the next 20 years, the latest report from Carbon Tracker has found.

Climate finance with Anglo-Chinese characteristics

A high-powered group of UK and Chinese investors, corporates and regulators have developed a plan of action to boost climate finance. Graham Cooper reports

Green bond comment, November 2017

It was great to have something positive to announce about the US green bond market at this year's Green Bonds Americas conference!

Green Bond Issuance - October 2017

Green bonds round-up, 1 November 2017

After recently establishing a green bond framework, the Nordic-Baltic banking group Swedbank has issued an inaugural €500 million green bond, which it claims is "the tightest unsecured print by some margin (by any bank) in more than a decade".

Platina Energy sells Italian solar portfolio to NextEnergy for €131.9m

Platina Energy Partners has cashed out from eight solar plants based in Italy and is eyeing new opportunities across Europe.

Online climate policy tracker tool launched

An online platform designed to help business track which climate policies are relevant to them across different regions and sectors has been launched.

Glennmont closes on €190m refinancing with first Italian wind bond

Glennmont Partners has issued Italy's first bond for the wind sector as it successfully completed its second refinancing in a month.