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  • DC Water green bond raises $100m

    15 October 2015

    District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) has raised $100 million in its second green bond, announced last month.

  • Eiris downgrades VW

    14 October 2015

    Volkswagen (VW) has been downgraded by environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating firm EIRIS, owing to its "egregious" emissions scandal, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Jessica Robinson to head up PRI in Asia

    14 October 2015

    The Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) and the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) have joined forces in a move that will see ASrIA CEO Jessica Robinson run the PRI's Asian operations.

  • Voting open in the 16th Environmental Finance Annual Market Rankings

    14 October 2015

    Voting has opened in the Environmental Finance Annual Market Rankings – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.

  • New York's clean energy catalyst

    14 October 2015

    The state's 'green bank' is poised to help scale up clean energy investment and has even asked for its own borrowing powers. Its President, Alfred Griffin, talks to Peter Cripps

  • BlackRock launches three impact funds

    14 October 2015

    BlackRock has launched three equity funds in response to "unprecedented demand for sustainable and impact investment solutions".

  • Reservoir Capital to raise $1m in private placement

    14 October 2015

    Vancouver-based renewable energy developer Reservoir Capital has revealed plans to raise up to $1 million in a private share placement.

  • ABC green bond four times oversubscribed

    14 October 2015

    Agricultural Bank of China has become Asia's largest green bond issuer, with an inaugural $995 million offering that was four-times oversubscribed.

  • Hannon Armstrong plans $100m equity raise

    14 October 2015

    Clean energy investor Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) is planning to issue a further $100 million of equity.

  • Vermont issues $28.5m green bond

    13 October 2015

    The State of Vermont has become the latest in a series of US municipals to tap the green bond market this month, after it issued $28.5 million of notes.