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  • Greenko mulls dollar denominated green bond

    04 August 2016

    Indian power company Greenko is gearing up to launch a dollar denominated green bond to help finance a renewable energy portfolio.

  • Brexit could weaken UK's environmental policy, warns S&P

    04 August 2016

    The UK's decision to leave the European Union could lead to weaker environmental policies, warned Mike Wilkins, head of global environmental and climate research at ratings agency Standard & Poor's.

  • NTPC prices first ever corporate green 'Masala' bond

    04 August 2016

    India's National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) has priced the first ever green 'Masala' bond from a corporate issuer, raising INR20 billion ($370 million).

  • Swiss Re unveils novel disaster insurance product for Chinese farmers

    03 August 2016

    Swiss Re has agreed a reinsurance contract with China's Heilongjiang province and a local insurer, to protect farmers against financial losses caused by natural disasters.

  • ING increases sustainable lending by 16.7%

    03 August 2016

    Dutch lender ING Bank has increased its sustainability lending for the first half of the year to €27 billion ($30 billion), an increase of 16.7% compared to the same period last year.

  • Brexit - the implications for renewables

    03 August 2016

    On 23 June, the UK voted to leave the European Union. So what does Brexit mean for the renewable energy industry today, later this year, in 2018 and beyond? Steven McNab and Sarah-Jane Denton review the implications

  • EF BRIEFS: Trina Solar, Aurora

    02 August 2016

    Trina Solar, a leading maker of solar photovoltaic modules, has entered into a 'definitive agreement' with a consortium of investors to take the company private.

  • Green bond market gets its first 'panda' issue

    02 August 2016

    A Hong Kong-based water company has issued what it claims is the first green 'panda bond'.

  • How do market players understand green bonds as different from infrastructure bonds?

    An analysis of the perceptions of players in the green bond market.

  • Latin American supranational debuts green bond

    02 August 2016

    A Latin American supranational bank has issued its first green bond, into the Uridashi market.