Graham Cooper

Articles by Graham Cooper

  • Orsted boosts presence in US renewables market

    10 October 2018

    US investment manager D. E. Shaw has sold its 100% equity stake in offshore wind energy developer Deepwater Wind to Danish power company Orsted for $510 million.

  • Lombard Odier/AIM impact bond fund reveals environmental, social impacts

    10 October 2018

    The Global Climate Bond fund, launched by Lombard Odier Investment Managers in partnership with Affirmative Investment Management (AIM), helped prevent emissions equivalent to 78,431 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year in 2017, as well as supporting 75MW of renewable energy and the treatment of 6,893m3 of wastewater.

  • Voting begins in 19th annual Market Rankings

    09 October 2018

    Voting has opened in Environmental Finance's 19th annual Market Rankings – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.

  • Generation forms long-term partnership with Canada’s CDPQ

    09 October 2018

    Generation Investment Management has formed a novel partnership with a leading Canadian asset owner to pursue sustainable investment opportunities with a time horizon of eight - 15 years.

  • Sustainability is the new ‘business as usual’, say exchanges

    08 October 2018

    A group of more than 200 stock exchanges, clearing houses and other market infrastructure organisations have committed to take action to promote sustainable investing.

  • Impax reports 72% rise in AUM for year ended 30 September

    08 October 2018

    Impax Asset Management has celebrated its 20th anniversary by posting a 72% increase in assets under management (AUM) for the 12 months to 30 September.

  • Green bonds round-up, 3 October 2018

    03 October 2018

    Getlink said its inaugural green bond had been "comfortably oversubscribed", helping it raise €550 million ($635 million) rather than the €500 million originally envisaged.

  • Pimco launches ESG version of investment grade credit fund

    02 October 2018

    Pimco, one of the world’s leading fixed income investors, has taken another big step in its commitment to investments based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.

  • Climate-aligned bonds now total $1.45trn, says CBI

    02 October 2018

    The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) estimates that the total of 'climate-aligned' bonds outstanding is now about $1.45 trillion, of which $389 billion is in the form of labelled green bonds. The remainder consists of $747 billion of bonds from 'fully aligned' issuers and $314 billion from 'strongly aligned' issuers.

  • Renewables projects have highest 'carbon yield', says Affirmative

    01 October 2018

    Renewable energy projects generate greater carbon savings than other types of projects funded by green bonds, according to recent research.