Graham Cooper

Articles by Graham Cooper

  • NGO launches project to encourage sustainable fish finance

    13 March 2017

    A new project to investigate the role of financial institutions in the global fishing industry, in particular the exploitation of wild fish stocks, is being planned by the NGO behind the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI).

  • RGGI price slump prompts calls for reform

    13 March 2017

    Emission allowances in the latest auction held by the northeastern US carbon market slumped to a three-year low, prompting renewed calls for a substantial reform of the market.

  • Butendiek wind farm closes €950m refinancing deal

    10 March 2017

    The owners of the 288MW Butendiek offshore wind farm have agreed a refinancing package for the project, involving more than €950 million ($1 billion) of senior debt.

  • Credit Agricole assigns $2bn to green projects following securitisation

    07 March 2017

    Credit Agricole plans to deploy $2 billion of new lending to a range of 'green' projects as a result of a novel securitisation deal.

  • IFC streamlines its social bond programme

    06 March 2017

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is combining its two 'socially responsible' bond programmes to enable it to issue more 'benchmark' size social bonds.

  • Swiss investment firm reveals details of green bond fund

    01 March 2017

    A Swiss asset manager, with more than SFR220 billion ($218 billion) under management, has launched a fund dedicated to investments in 'climate bonds'.

  • Trading in European renewables certificates rises 80% in five years

    28 February 2017

    Demand for renewable energy 'Guarantees of Origin' (GOs) in Europe has risen by more than 80% between 2011 and 2016, according to industry statistics.

  • UK solar assets outshine wind for UK yieldcos in H2

    27 February 2017

    Sunshine levels in the UK were more beneficial for renewables investors than wind conditions, in the second half of 2016, according to results from UK yieldcos.

  • UN climate chief calls on finance sector to show sustainability leadership

    23 February 2017

    The finance industry should adopt a leading role in promoting sustainable development, according to the head of the UN's office on climate change.

  • Sandor reflects on development of environmental markets

    22 February 2017

    Richard Sandor, a pioneer of environmental markets, has published a collection of articles recounting the development of carbon trading in the US, Europe and China and similar markets for combatting acid rain and improving water quality.