Archive

  • BBVA makes second green loan to Acciona

    25 April 2017

    BBVA has signed a $100 million green-labelled loan agreement with Acciona to partially fund solar and wind projects in Chile

  • Time for a more equitable financial system

    24 April 2017

    The Principles for Responsible Investment is launching a new initiative to promote sustainability in the financial system. Nathan Fabian explains

  • 8point3 a strategic sale, but Atlantica may be broken-up, says UBS

    24 April 2017

    As the parent sponsors of 8point3 Energy Partners (CAFD) and Atlantica Yield (ABY) prepare to sell their stakes, the future of the two yieldcos may be quite different, said an analysist for UBS.

  • Chile's first green bond issued

    24 April 2017

    Pulp paper manufacturer Empresas CMPC has issued the first green bond from a Chilean issuer, raising $500 million.

  • RobecoSAM & S&P's 'smart ESG' index outperforms in inaugural year

    24 April 2017

    A global index based on RobecoSAM's 'smart' environmental, social and governance (ESG) data has outperformed its benchmark in its first year.

  • President Trump vs Obama-era climate change policies

    24 April 2017

    Jon Sohn and Andrew Shaw explain how President Trump is attempting to rewrite US environmental regulations.

  • ING loan to Philips incentivises greater sustainability

    21 April 2017

    ING has led a group of banks in an innovative loan deal with Philips that links the interest paybable on the loan to the electroics giant's sustainability performance.

  • First Pace bonds of the year to raise $444.5m

    21 April 2017

    Ygrene is set to raise $176 million from its first Property Assessed Clean Energy (Pace) bond of the year.

  • 27 CEOs back TCFD recommendations

    21 April 2017

    27 CEOs from major corporations have committed to implement the draft recommendations laid out by the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

  • EF BRIEFS: ABN Amro, NESF, JLEN

    21 April 2017

    ABN Amro has received €150 million ($160 million) of financing as part of the EU president Jean-Claude Juncker's "Investment Plan for Europe", that it will use to finance green loans to the European shipping industry.