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  • Enel Green Power, SunEdison and Mainstream are winners in South African auction

    10 June 2015

    Three companies have emerged as the main winners in the latest round of bidding in South Africa's renewable energy auctions, securing over 80% of capacity auctioned.

  • Morgan Stanley issues inaugural $500m green bond

    10 June 2015

    Morgan Stanley has joined the select ranks of private banks to have issued a green bond, after it sold $500 million of its own notes.

  • PRI to consider grading signatories according to performance

    10 June 2015

    The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is to consider introducing different levels of membership to reflect signatories' progress in integrating sustainability factors, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Taking the PRI to the next level

    10 June 2015

    The PRI's Fiona Reynolds has her sights set on how to move the organisation forward, including how to make sure its signatories are making good on their commitments. Peter Cripps reports

  • BlackRock buys UK solar farm from SPI

    10 June 2015

    BlackRock's UK renewables fund has brought the newly built, 9.3MW, Grange Farm solar power project from Chinese renewables firm Solar Power Inc (SPI) for an undisclosed sum.

  • Coal companies to be sold by Norway's oil fund revealed

    10 June 2015

    A list of coal companies expected to be ditched by Norway's oil fund as a result of its new divestment policy has been published.

  • UK's EAPF launches £280m low-carbon fund

    09 June 2015

    The pension fund of the UK's Environment Agency (EAPF) has launched a new low-carbon fund benchmarked on the MSCI Low Carbon Target Index

  • Lloyds Bank offers second £250m ESG bond

    09 June 2015

    Lloyds Banking Group has issued its second £250 million ($380 million) environmental, social and governance (ESG) bond to aid small and medium-sized businesses in the UK.

  • Aquila launches European renewable energy fund

    09 June 2015

    German asset manager Aquila has launched a renewable energy fund that will invest in European wind and solar assets.

  • Nasdaq launches list for sustainable bonds

    09 June 2015

    Nasdaq Stockholm has launched a list of sustainable bonds, valued at SEK5.4 billion ($650 million).