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• Alliance Trust creates 'UK's first SRI risk profiled funds'

  14 May 2014

  Alliance Trust has started creating the first range of risk-profiled funds within the social and responsible investment space (SRI), it claims.

• US retail trust taps green bond market for first time

  14 May 2014

  Regency Centers is thought to be the first US real estate investment trust (REIT) to issue a publicly traded green bond, raising money to fund 'green' shopping centres.

• What price a 'rescue CER'?

  13 May 2014

  Norway, Sweden and the UK have announced initiatives to buy carbon credits to support vulnerable emission reduction projects. But how much should they pay in order to be effective, asks Mahua Acharya

• UK plans to cut large-scale solar subsidies

  13 May 2014

  The UK government looks set to reduce support for solar photovoltaic farms with generating capacity of 5MW or higher from next year, in a move that has been described by the Solar Trade Association (STA) as a "crippling blow" to the progress of the sector.

• GIB commits £7.5m to £15m London biogas plant

  13 May 2014

  The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) is investing £7.5 million ($12.6 million) in an anaerobic digestion plant just outside London.

• Market for 'smart city' technologies to double by 2020, says Navigant

  13 May 2014

  Investment in technologies associated with 'smart cities' is likely to more than double from less than $10 billion/year today to more than $20 billion/year by 2020, according to consultancy Navigant Research.

• GDF Suez issues record breaking €2.5bn green bond

  13 May 2014

  GDF Suez has issued a record breaking €2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) green bond in a transaction that was three-times oversubscribed despite being upsized to meet greater than expected demand.

• Anthesis buys fourth firm, citing more demand for sustainability advice

  12 May 2014

  Sustainability firm Anthesis has acquired its fourth consultancy within a year, as it looks to capitalise on growing demand for sustainability services.

• Citi pledges $2.25bn to efficient and distributed energy projects

  12 May 2014

  Citi plans to step up its activities in US energy efficiency and distributed energy generation, after setting a new financing target of $2.25 billion, marking a significant increase on its previous goal.

• BoA climate risk disclosure plan supported by 15% of shareholders

  09 May 2014

  Over 15% of shareholders at Bank of America (BofA) have supported a proposal to improve environmental impact disclosure at the bank.