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  • EAPF names sustainable equity mandate winners after extensive search

    02 July 2015

    The UK's Environment Agency pension fund (EAPF) has selected four asset managers for its global sustainability equity mandate after a wide-ranging search.

  • Yingli issues retail project bond for Chinese solar

    02 July 2015

    Chinese solar panel manufacturer Yingli Green Energy has issued its first retail project bond, which will finance a solar plant in the country

  • Bank issuance helps green bond market gather steam in Q2

    01 July 2015

    A raft of issues from private banks helped the green bond market gather pace in Q2 after a slow start to the year.

  • Rhode Island plans $56m green bond for water treatment

    01 July 2015

    The Rhode Island Clean Water Finance Agency plans to raise $56.345 million by issuing a green bond.

  • Green bond comment: An encouraging quarter

    01 July 2015

    When Environmental Finance's small-but-dedicated team of green bond aficionados totted up all the green bond issues from the first quarter of 2015, the numbers were a little disappointing, says Peter Cripps.

  • NextEnergy Solar Fund eyes 19% dividend increase

    01 July 2015

    NextEnergy Solar Fund, a UK yieldco, has confirmed it is on track to increase its dividend next year to 6.25 pence, an increase of 19% on its 2014-15 payout.

  • Green Bond issuance, Q2

    See Environmental Finance's latest figures for the green bond market.

  • Under scrutiny: green bond impact reporting

    01 July 2015

    Issuers' reports on the environmental impact of their green bonds range from a few paragraphs on hard-to-find webpages to 80-page documents. But, given the costs and assumptions involved, some question whether more is necessarily better. Graham Cooper reports

  • Engie buys Solairedirect to become France's biggest solar firm

    01 July 2015

    Utility Engie has ramped up its solar operations with the acquisition of Solairedirect.

  • Alterra and Starwood Energy secure $287m for Texas wind project

    01 July 2015

    Canada's Alterra Power and US investment firm Starwood Energy Group Global have agreed a $287 million construction loan facility for the 204MW Shannon wind project in Texas, which they jointly own.