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  • Sustainability dialogue 'not yet on the agenda' for Chinese companies, says PKA

    27 November 2015

    Chinese firms are lagging behind their peers when it comes to engaging on sustainability, according to the head of pension fund PKA.

  • Renewables fund joins private equity firm

    27 November 2015

    Gore Street Capital has joined US-based private equity firm Paladin, in a move that will see it act as its renewables infrastructure arm.

  • IFC issues ZAR1bn green bond

    26 November 2015

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has issued ZAR1 billion ($71 million) green bond, its first in the domestic South African rand market.

  • New investor coalition will pressurise firms to use clean energy

    26 November 2015

    An investor coalition is set to be launched to push companies to source clean energy to power their operations, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • COP Blog: Parlez-vous Californien? Lessons from California's Forest Carbon Programme

    26 November 2015

    If negotiators at the Paris climate summit want to scale up investment in forestry, they could look to the West coast of the US for a positive example, says MaryKate Bullen

  • Greencoat raises £50m in share placement

    26 November 2015

    Greencoat UK Wind has raised £50 million ($76 million) in its latest share placement, and will use the proceeds to finance the acquisition of wind farm.

  • CredAg pledges €2bn towards green, social and sustainability bonds

    25 November 2015

    Crédit Agricole has pledged to invest €2 billion in "high quality" green, social or sustainability bonds by the end of 2017.

  • What's the real impact of green bonds?

    25 November 2015

    Should an oil company be able to issue a green bond? Possibly, says Manuel Lewin.

  • Barclays doubles down on green bonds

    25 November 2015

    Barclays has become the first investor to meet its target for green bond acquisitions, and has announced plans to buy another £1 billion, says Hamza Ali

  • Green bond comment, November

    25 November 2015

    Mounting anticipation of tougher international action on climate change at the UN meeting in Paris, has brought an Indian summer to the green bond market, says Graham Cooper