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  • French boutique asset manager launches €150m energy transition fund

    19 August 2016

    A French-boutique asset manager has launched a €150 million ($170 million) Energy Transition Fund.

  • Port of LA gears up for its inaugural green bond

    19 August 2016

    The Port of Los Angeles (LA) is gearing up to launch its inaugural green bond.

  • Reinsurers should reassess catastrophe exposure - S&P

    18 August 2016

    The likelihood of reinsurers failing to break even in a calendar year is now twice as likely than in 2012, owing to firms' exposure to certain catastrophe events, according to a report by rating agency S&P.

  • Measuring impact can lead to value for investors, says report

    18 August 2016

    There are five ways investors can benefit from measuring the impact of their investment activities, according to a report from Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).

  • Natural disasters cause $68bn of losses in H1

    18 August 2016

    A spate of thunderstorms in the US and Europe, and wildfires in Canada helped push the economic losses caused by natural disasters to $68 billion in the first half of 2016.

  • EF BRIEFS: Dong Energy, Scatec Solar, Amarenco

    17 August 2016

    Denmark's Dong Energy has been granted approval by the UK government to build the world's largest offshore wind farm.

  • Yieldco Pattern Energy buys wind stake after equity raise

    17 August 2016

    US yieldco Pattern Energy plans to buy a 50% stake in the 180MW Armow wind farm, using the proceeds of a recent equity raise.

  • 90 steps forward, two steps back

    17 August 2016

    With the flagship markets of the EU and California in difficulties, advocates of carbon trading are pinning their hopes on a slew of new markets, particularly China and Canada. Graham Cooper reports

  • Counting the cost of low pellet prices

    17 August 2016

    The use of biomass for power generation is increasing rapidly. But low pellet prices could threaten security of supply, warns Cindy Dawes

  • S&P DJI makes £14 million offer for Trucost

    16 August 2016

    S&P Dow Jones Indices (DJI) has made a £14.215 million ($18.5 million) bid to acquire environmental data-provider Trucost, in the second example of consolidation in the market in recent months.