Archive

  • ESG-themed listed equities fund launched in the UK

    02 November 2015

    Asset manager Columbia Threadneedle Investments has expanded its environmental social and governance (ESG) fund range, with a fund for UK-listed equities.

  • Goldman to invest $150bn in clean energy by 2025

    02 November 2015

    ​Goldman Sachs has set itself a $150 billion clean energy investment target, as it said environmental issues have become a core part of its business.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 2 November 2015

    02 November 2015

    A 'tsunami of natural gas' has caused a leading analyst to cut its EU allowance price forecasts, says Louis Redshaw

  • JLEN enters UK commercial and rooftop market

    02 November 2015

    John Laing Environmental Fund (JLEN) has entered the UK commercial and rooftop solar market with an £18.8 million ($29.08 million) acquisition of a 4.3MW portfolio.

  • ICBC 'mulling green bond issue'

    02 November 2015

    Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is considering becoming one of the first Chinese issuers of a green bond, in a transaction that could raise some $300 million.

  • Businesses lay out their demands ahead of COP21

    02 November 2015

    A coalition representing some of the biggest companies in the world has cranked up the pressure on finance ministers to deliver a "robust and meaningful agreement" at the Paris climate summit in a month.

  • EF BRIEFS: Union Group, BlackRock, HomeStreet, Chinese cement

    01 November 2015

    The Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) has agreed to invest $3.5 million in two hydro plants in Peru.

  • Green Climate Fund under pressure to shun HSBC and Credit Agricole

    30 October 2015

    Environmental NGOs have urged the UN's Green Climate Fund not to work with HSBC and Credit Agricole in order to "maintain its integrity".

  • EF BRIEFS: BlackRock, Citi, Ethos, TerraForm Global

    30 October 2015

    BlackRock, the world's biggest asset manager, is considering launching a fossil fuel-free fund. A representative of the company revealed that the fund could be launched next year while speaking at a conference on financial implications for the Paris climate change summit in London.

  • £1.5bn offshore wind project in first-of-its-kind financing

    30 October 2015

    A £1.5 billion ($2.3 billion) offshore wind project has become the first in the UK to attract lenders ahead of construction, after it received backing from 13 banks and four equity partners.