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  • Filling the gap - connecting financiers to energy efficiency projects

    25 April 2016

    A new investor network aims to help investors find suitable energy efficiency programmes, and speed up the flow of capital to this widely overlooked asset class, explains Steve Fawkes

  • ESG momentum is better indicator of return than absolute scores, says investor

    25 April 2016

    Incremental changes in companies' performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are a better indicator of future investment performance than absolute scores, says Dutch asset manager NN Investment Partners (NN IP).

  • Real estate firm launches world's first all-green MTN programme

    22 April 2016

    A listed real estate company will launch the first medium-term note (MTN) programme to include green terms within it.

  • EF BRIEFS: SunEdison, BNCR, JLEN, World Bank, Capital Stage

    22 April 2016

    SunEdison, once the world's biggest renewable energy developer, has applied for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after its aggressive growth plans came unstuck.

  • FlexiGroup gains tighter prices on green tranche

    21 April 2016

    FlexiGroup has achieved tighter pricing for the green tranche of it latest asset backed security (ABS), Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Moody's ups 2016 green bond forecast to $70bn

    21 April 2016

    Moody's has upped its prediction for green bond issuance for 2016 to $70 billion, after a record-breaking first quarter boosted by a spate of massive deals from Chinese.

  • Asset managers should learn from insurers when it comes to climate risk, says Willis

    21 April 2016

    Asset managers and owners should use existing practices in the insurance industry to get to grips with their climate risks, according to an expert at Willis Towers Watson.

  • Energy storage – the next sustainable energy frontier?

    21 April 2016

    Batteries are set to play a key role in the transition to a decentralised, low-carbon economy. Can utilities survive the shift, asks Frank Wouters

  • Investors urged to steer carefully around autos following Mitsubishi scandal

    20 April 2016

    Investors were warned to be wary of the automobile sector after another major manufacturer was embroiled in an emissions scandal.

  • EF BRIEFS: EDP Renováveis, RBS, Avantium, Atlantis, Quercus

    20 April 2016

    EDP Renováveis has sold a stake in a European wind portfolio in a deal worth €550 million ($626 million).