Archive

  • Brookfield and Appaloosa mull TerraForm swoop

    20 October 2016

    Brookfield Asset Management and Appaloosa Management have reiterated their interest in buying yieldco TerraForm Power (TERP), controlled by stricken renewables giant SunEdison.

  • KBN prices third green bond

    20 October 2016

    Norwegian public sector lender Kommunalbanken Norge (KBN) has priced a $500 million green bond, in its third foray into the market.

  • Hedging, whatever the weather

    As renewable energy becomes an increasing part of the grid, the volatility it creates is generating demand for weather hedging products. Q&A with Stuart Brown, Head Origination Weather & Energy EMEA APAC, at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions.

  • Green fingers or green washing: sustainability research takes a look at green bonds

    The green bond market continues to grow at a phenomenal rate: the Climate Bonds Initiative has forecast $100 billion of issuance for 2016.

  • 'People need nature'

    Agustín Silvani, Vice President of Conservation Finance at Conservation International, explains how this is more than a tagline – it's a call to action now codified in the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement.

  • The process of integrating the environment and finance has only just begun

    19 October 2016

    The 'green economy' is a hot topic at the moment. It moved up the agenda thanks to the game-changing Paris climate agreement. And momentum continued to grow this year as a result of the importance that the G20 has placed on 'green finance'.

  • Earth Capital secures initial investment for sustainable technology fund

    19 October 2016

    Earth Capital Partners (ECP) said it has secured the first investments into a new sustainable technologies fund it is managing on behalf of the Nobel Sustainability Trust.

  • EF BRIEFS: Impax; CBL Markets; Urban development

    19 October 2016

    Impax Asset Management has completed the sale of a 107.7MW portfolio of wind farms in Finland to German insurer Allianz. The sale price was not disclosed.

  • Kommuninvest issues largest ever SEK green bond

    19 October 2016

    Swedish public sector lender Kommuninvest has priced the largest ever Swedish krona green bond, raising some SEK5 billion ($570 million).

  • Carbon trading could slash cost of meeting Paris targets, says World Bank

    18 October 2016

    International carbon trading could help countries meet their domestic emission reduction plans, which support the UN's Paris Agreement on climate change, the World Bank said.