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  • Energy efficiency fund launched

    28 April 2015

    A fund has been launched to invest in small UK companies that are set to benefit from making products or providing services that boost energy efficiency.

  • EU carbon market update 27 April 2015

    27 April 2015

    Prices rose 6% last week to their highest weekly close for two months, reports Louis Redshaw

  • Poor investment landscape highlights perks of green bonds, says Berlin Hyp

    27 April 2015

    Green bonds are soaring in popularity because they offer non-financial perks to investors facing a low-yield environment says Berlin Hyp, following its inaugural issue today.

  • Nearly half asset owners are 'negligently gambling on climate risk'

    27 April 2015

    Nearly half of the biggest asset owners in the world have failed to take action to safeguard their portfolios against the threat of climate change, according to a report.

  • Connecticut completes $250 million green bond

    27 April 2015

    Connecticut has sold its $250 million green bond to fund water projects in the state.

  • Foresight reaches £1bn in solar energy assets

    27 April 2015

    Foresight Group, a UK infrastructure investment company, said it now has £1 billion ($1.5 billion) of solar assets across its institutional and retail funds.

  • SEB launches green bond fund for private investors

    27 April 2015

    Swedish bank SEB has further strengthened its position in the green bond market by launching a global green bond fund aimed at retail investors.

  • SunEdison and Terraform continue growth of UK solar portfolio

    27 April 2015

    SunEdison and its yieldco TerraForm Power have added "one of the largest solar portfolios in the UK" to their rapidly growing list of assets in the country.

  • For investors, climate change is now a risk, not an uncertainty

    27 April 2015

    In recent years, there has been a growing scientific consensus about climate change and an increased likelihood of political intervention. Ian Simm outlines some of the ways investors could respond to help them outperform.

  • Cobra secures $254m for Peruvian wind

    24 April 2015

    A subsidiary of ACS Group has secured $254 million in financing for two wind projects in Peru.