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  • Vermont set to issue $89m green bond

    28 June 2016

    Vermont Educational and Health Buildings Financing Agency (VEHBFA) is set to issue an $89 million green bond, its first with a second opinion.

  • KKR invests in ecological offset company

    27 June 2016

    KKR, one of the world's largest private equity firms, has invested in the US ecological offset company Resource Environmental Solutions (RES) as part of its growing focus on the green economy.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 27 June 2016

    27 June 2016

    As expected, EU allowance (EUA) trading last week was muted and slightly bearish in the run up to the UK referendum.

  • Green bonds in Asia - the challenges and opportunities

    27 June 2016

    The take-up of green bonds in Asia has been frustratingly slow, and there is no sign yet that companies are embracing the asset class en masse, argues Vicky Münzer-Jones

  • Vela Energy issues renewables bond

    27 June 2016

    Vela Energy has issued a €66 million ($72 million) bond to part-refinance a portfolio of solar plants in Spain.

  • Brexit 'to hit air pollution and recycling policy'

    27 June 2016

    The UK's shock decision to leave the EU could lead to a weakening of policies relating to recycling and air pollution.

  • People moves - 24 June 2016

    24 June 2016

    The latest moves at CMIA, Green Alliance, SunEdison and Hermes EOS

  • Renewables investor sentiment hit by Brexit, in Europe as well as UK

    24 June 2016

    The UK's shock Brexit decision will hurt investor sentiment in clean energy projects in the EU as well as the UK, it was claimed today.

  • Capital Stage hedges revenues against Brexit currency swings

    24 June 2016

    German renewable developer Capital Stage has shrugged off the impact of Brexit, saying it had hedged its UK projects ahead of the vote.

  • EU ETS falls 17% on Brexit

    24 June 2016

    The EU emissions trading system (ETS) opened 17% down today, as traders were stunned by the news that UK had voted to leave the trading block.