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  • More investors join campaign to boost green bond market

    16 December 2014

    Five more institutional investors, with combined assets under management of around $200 billion, have backed a campaign to expand the green bond market.

  • Wind asset prices approaching 'bubble-level', warns Allianz Capital head

    15 December 2014

    The price of wind energy assets is being driven dangerously high, according to David Jones, CEO of Allianz Capital Partners, a leading investor in renewables.

  • Aviva publishes sustainable markets manifesto

    15 December 2014

    The EU must improve company reporting and incentivise long-term investment if plans laid out by the new European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker are to be fulfilled, according to Aviva.

  • Terra Firma may sell its majority stake in UK renewables firm Infinis

    15 December 2014

    UK private equity giant Terra Firma is considering the possibility of selling its 68.6% stake in renewable energy company Infinis Energy.

  • Letters from Lima

    The UN climate conference in Lima was billed as a key event in the build-up to a global agreement in Paris in 2015. This series of articles looks at some of the major topics covered.

  • Macquarie backs fleet of UK wind projects

    15 December 2014

    A subsidiary of the Australian investment bank Macquarie has agreed to finance seven onshore wind farms in the UK.

  • 15th Annual Market Rankings: A survivors' market

    After some tough years in the traded environmental markets, the survivors have weathered the storm and see better times ahead

  • JP Morgan buys stake from First Wind

    12 December 2014

    JP Morgan Asset Management has bought majority stakes in two US wind farms.

  • Companies' efforts to cut carbon have 'plateaued', finds CDP

    12 December 2014

    Emissions reductions from some of the most carbon-intensive companies have "plateaued" over the past year, according to a report by the CDP.

  • SolarCity and BAML in $400m deal

    12 December 2014

    Solar leasing firm SolarCity has agreed a $400 million deal with Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) to finance new residential projects in the US.