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  • Sweden tops Sarasin's new sovereign sustainability matrix

    26 August 2015

    Sweden has come top of J. Safra Sarasin's newly created sovereign sustainability matrix, which Sarasin says will complement existing ratings for sovereign bond issuers.

  • Henderson SRI fund measures carbon footprint

    26 August 2015

    Henderson Global Care Growth Fund has started analysing the carbon footprint of its portfolio using Trucost data, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Denham Capital eyes Asian renewables in $200m partnership

    25 August 2015

    Private equity firm Denham Capital is committing $200 million to a new partnership to build and acquire energy assets in Asia.

  • Banks agree to provide £1bn debt facility for London's 'super sewer'

    25 August 2015

    A debt facility of £1 billion ($1.6 billion) is being provided by six banks to the consortium of long-term investors that will finance and own a major new sewer to be built beneath the river Thames in London.

  • ING Bank H1 sustainable lending increases to €20.9bn

    25 August 2015

    ING Bank has increased its sustainable lending for the first half of the year to €20.9 billion ($24.1 billion), an increase of 7% compared with the proceeding half year.

  • National plans for 2030 carbon emissions are too weak, warn academics

    25 August 2015

    The national carbon reduction pledges announced ahead of the Paris climate summit are insufficient to keep global warming to safe levels by 2030, UK academics have warned.

  • How COP21 is already starting to change the investment landscape

    24 August 2015

    With less than 100 days to go until the start of the Paris climate summit (COP 21), investors are already starting to take note of some major policy announcements, argues Christina Larkin

  • Green bond market still on-track for record-breaking year, says SEB

    24 August 2015

    The green bond market is on track for another record-breaking year, according to SEB, although it conceded that its previous estimate of $70 billion of issuance now looks "a bit optimistic".

  • Dong makes 3GW rights acquisition UK offshore wind

    24 August 2015

    Danish energy giant Dong has acquired the rights to up to 3GW of wind farms off the coast of the UK.

  • Elon Musk invests as Tesla raises $728m in latest share offering

    24 August 2015

    Elon Musk has purchased $20 million of shares in Tesla, the loss-making electric automobile company he runs, as it raised $728 million in its latest share offering.