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  • Insurer John Hancock invests $227m in SolarCity projects

    04 May 2016

    US insurance giant John Hancock Financial has agreed to invest $227 million in a 201MW portfolio of residential, commercial and industrial solar energy projects owned by SolarCity.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 3 May 2016

    03 May 2016

    Carbon prices closed the week up a further 3% at €6.14.

  • Half of asset owners still taking no account of climate change risk, says survey

    03 May 2016

    Almost half of institutional asset owners are failing to acknowledge the risk climate change could pose to their portfolios, according to The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP).

  • Winners of inaugural Green Bond Awards announced

    03 May 2016

    Some of the outstanding issues in the green bond market have been named the first winners of Environmental Finance's inaugural Green Bond Awards.

  • Corporate issuer launches third asset-backed green bond

    29 April 2016

    An established green bond issuer is returning to the market with its third asset-backed issue (ABS), which could reach $1.6 billion.

  • Investor groups launch campaign to engage utility sector on climate change

    29 April 2016

    A group of investors representing $20 trillion has launched a campaign to engage with utility companies.

  • FTSE launches low-carbon index based on new green data platform

    29 April 2016

    FTSE Russell has announced a new low-carbon index based on data from a new data platform it is set to launch next month.

  • Emerging markets green bond sees dramatic price tightening

    29 April 2016

    A benchmark-sized emerging market green bond saw its pricing tighten dramatically after receiving orders for five times the amount issued.

  • Berlin Hyp 'optimistic' of return to green bond market

    28 April 2016

    Berlin Hyp said it is "optimistic" about its prospects of issuing a follow-up green bond after boosting its 'cover pool' of eligible loans to more than €1 billion ($1.1 billion).

  • Pension funds 'lag corporates' in understanding ESG

    28 April 2016

    Many corporations understand environmental social and governance (ESG) issues, but their pension funds often lag behind, according to one large fund.