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  • PNE Wind keeps faith with yieldco vehicle

    10 November 2015

    PNE Wind has kept the faith with its yieldco, despite blaming its efforts to build the vehicle for pushing it into a third quarter loss.

  • TerraForm Power ups size of planned green bond to $250m

    10 November 2015

    Yieldco TerraForm Power (TERP) has increased the proposed size of a green bond it announced in July to $250 million, up from $200 million.

  • ING Bank plans green bond issue

    10 November 2015

    ING Bank is set to join the growing list of lenders issuing green bonds, Environmental Finance understands.

  • EF BRIEFS: Parametric, ADB, NYSERDA, Nordea

    09 November 2015

    Parametric Portfolio Associates, a US investment manager, has launched two new environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies and appointed Jennifer Sireklove to the new role of head of responsible investing.

  • Schneider Electric issues €200m green bond

    09 November 2015

    Schneider Electric has issued its inaugural €200 million ($215 million) green bond.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 9 November 2015

    09 November 2015

    Further EUA price falls are likely this week as auction volumes increase and the mild weather continues, says Louis Redshaw

  • S&P Dow Jones launches 'smart beta' index for European market

    09 November 2015

    S&P Dow Jones Indices has added to its range of sustainability-focussed indexes with the launch of a 'smart beta' European index restricted to highly volatile, high yield stocks.

  • GCF gets go-ahead for $168m investment in eight initial projects

    09 November 2015

    The UN's Green Climate Fund (GCF) has been given the green light to allocate $168 million to its first eight projects, in a move it expects will result in $1.3 billion of total investment by 2020.

  • FSB calls for task force on climate risk disclosure

    09 November 2015

    The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has called for the creation of an industry-led task force to work on the disclosure of climate-related risks.

  • Two fossil fuel giants investigated over claims they lied over climate change

    06 November 2015

    US oil giant ExxonMobil and Peabody Energy are being investigated by the New York state attorney-general over claims they lied to their shareholders and the public about climate change risk.