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  • Anti-ESG guidance in US is repealed

    26 October 2015

    Influential guidance that discouraged US fiduciaries from taking account of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment factors has been repealed, in "a major breakthrough for responsible investment in the US".

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 26 October 2015

    26 October 2015

    The recent uptrend in EU Allowance prices is likely to continue this week, despite a fall in the clean-dark spread, says Louis Redshaw.

  • Barclays rumoured to be eyeing green bond issue

    26 October 2015

    Barclays is hoping to join the growing list of commercial banks to issue a green bond, according to market sources.

  • Bluefield Solar Income Fund 'unaffected' by planned UK subsidy cuts

    26 October 2015

    Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) remains bullish about the UK solar market despite recently-proposed cuts to subsidies for small utility-scale renewable energy.

  • S&P expects increase in rating revisions due to environmental factors

    26 October 2015

    Standard & Poor's (S&P) has made 56 rating actions in response to climate change and other environmental issues over the past two years, and expects more in future, the ratings agency revealed in a research note.

  • Mexico Stock Exchange to launch green bond list

    26 October 2015

    Mexico's stock exchange plans to launch the first green bond segment outside Europe, as it seeks to lay the foundations for the development of a market in the country.

  • Tenergie refinances solar plants for €150m

    23 October 2015

    Credit Agricole has led a syndicate of banks to help French renewable energy developer Tenergie refinance a 54.4MW portfolio of solar projects for €150 million ($165 million).

  • Chinese renewables firm plans to list China's first yieldco

    23 October 2015

    GCL New Energy has said it hopes to list the first yieldco in China, in a sign that there is still optimism about the asset class, despite recent market slumps.

  • Mexican development bank eyes $500m green bond issue

    23 October 2015

    Mexico's development bank, Nacional Financiera, is readying itself to issue a $500 million green bond.

  • Not all types of water projects should be considered green

    23 October 2015

    There is a huge need for infrastructure spending on water projects. But not all of these investments should be eligible for green bonds, argues Giulio Boccaletti