Archive

  • Surviving a post-COP 21 world: More effort needed from the extractives sector

    09 December 2015

    Few miners are stress testing their business for a 2°C scenario, says James Hulse

  • African Development Bank returns to green bond market

    09 December 2015

    The African Development Bank (AfDB) has issued its first green bond in over 18 months, in a $500 million deal.

  • EF Briefs: Santander, GIB, Sustainable Development Capital Ltd, First Solar, Younicos, KfW

    09 December 2015

    Santander, GIB, SDCL and others in milestone UK lighting deal

  • VW kicked out of FTSE sustainability index, 40 firms added

    09 December 2015

    Volkswagen has been booted out of the FTSE4Good Index after cheating on its US diesel emissions tests.

  • The 10 biggest announcements made so far at COP21

    09 December 2015

    Pledges to decarbonise portfolios, ramp-up solar generation, and build 300GW of clean energy in Africa are among Environmental Finance's list of the most important announcements made so far at COP21.

  • COP BLOG: Financial innovation -- key to climate action

    09 December 2015

    Clarity is now required on the public and private sources of finance that will be needed to enable countries to deliver their national carbon emissions goals, says Rana Kapoor

  • Aviva gets behind energy efficiency project for UK's National Health Service

    09 December 2015

    Aviva Investors is backing an energy efficiency initiative run by the UK's National Health Service (NHS) to the tune of £15.4 million ($23.2 million).

  • COP Blog: Climate finance – who pays and how?

    08 December 2015

    Jon Williams examines how the daunting task of financing climate change action can be addressed.

  • Innovative finance now critical in driving competitiveness of renewables - Citi

    08 December 2015

    Yieldcos, green bonds and other financial innovations will be key to further improvements in the cost competitiveness of renewable energy, according to analysts at Citi.

  • EF BRIEFS: 8point3, Credit Agricole, Canadian Solar, Munich RE, Euronext

    07 December 2015

    Euronext signs up to Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative