Graham Cooper

Articles by Graham Cooper

  • Quercus reaches €150m first close on European renewables funds

    13 December 2016

    Quercus Assets Selection has secured €150 million ($160 million) for its three renewable energy funds launched late last year.

  • Carbon markets face fresh uncertainty

    13 December 2016

    Political changes in the UK and US have reversed recent progress towards greater clarity in the world's largest carbon markets, says Graham Cooper

  • Brexit vote could help UK take a lead in energy storage

    12 December 2016

    The UK's vote to leave the European Union could represent an opportunity for the country to lead the way on the use of energy storage technologies, said law firm Simmons & Simmons.

  • UK railway pension fund invests in rooftop solar

    12 December 2016

    RPMI Railpen, the pension scheme for the UK's railway industry, is to provide £20.3 million ($25.5 million) of inflation-linked debt capital to refinance a portfolio of rooftop solar installations owned by Foresight Group.

  • Most investors lack understanding of ESG impact, says RBC GAM

    17 November 2016

    The financial impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors is not understood by most investors, according to RBC Global Asset Management (GAM).

  • Green bond proposed for flood prevention in UK

    16 November 2016

    Green bonds could be an efficient, cost effective, way to fund flood protection measures in the UK county of Cumbria, advocates say.

  • IETA and CMIA press for airlines to use project-level REDD+ credits

    10 November 2016

    Two leading trade associations have come together to lobby for carbon credits from small-scale forest protection projects to be used in the forthcoming international carbon market for airlines – the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (Corsia).

  • Solactive and Oekom to help divestment policy of Berlin's pension funds

    10 November 2016

    The state of Berlin, one of Germany's 16 federal states, has chosen index provider Solactive and specialist research firm Oekom to help it implement a long-term divestment strategy for its public pension funds.

  • FSB Taskforce will require companies to perform 2°C scenario analysis

    02 November 2016

    The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures is to recommend that companies reveal how they will be affected by policies introduced to restrict global warming to no more than 2oC.

  • Offshore wind costs plunge 22% in 12 months

    01 November 2016

    The weighted average cost of electricity from offshore wind installations has fallen 22% in the past 12 months to $126/MWh, according to Bloomberg analysts.