Hamza Ali

Articles by Hamza Ali

  • ING Bank plans green bond issue

    10 November 2015

    ING Bank is set to join the growing list of lenders issuing green bonds, Environmental Finance understands.

  • Schneider Electric issues €200m green bond

    09 November 2015

    Schneider Electric has issued its inaugural €200 million ($215 million) green bond.

  • FSB calls for task force on climate risk disclosure

    09 November 2015

    The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has called for the creation of an industry-led task force to work on the disclosure of climate-related risks.

  • Two fossil fuel giants investigated over claims they lied over climate change

    06 November 2015

    US oil giant ExxonMobil and Peabody Energy are being investigated by the New York state attorney-general over claims they lied to their shareholders and the public about climate change risk.

  • NESF triples revolving credit facility to £100m

    06 November 2015

    NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has increased its revolving credit facility (RCF) with Macquarie Bank to £100 million ($151 million) from £31 million.

  • Societe Generale plans €500m green "impact bond"

    06 November 2015

    Societe Generale plans to issue a €500 million ($543 million) "impact bond" to refinance loans which have a climate impact.

  • Why Zurich focusses on impact investing, as well as ESG integration

    05 November 2015

    Insurance giant Zurich has put impact investing at the heart of its responsibility strategy because, unlike environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration, it can deliver immediate results, according to a strategist for the company.

  • Zurich commits $800m of $2bn green bond target

    05 November 2015

    Zurich Insurance has committed nearly $800 million of its landmark $2 billion target for investing in green bonds.

  • Mexico's development bank's green bond five times oversubscribed

    04 November 2015

    Mexico's development bank, Nacional Financiera (Nafin), has become the first Latin American development bank to tap the green bond market, with a five-times oversubscribed $500 million issue.

  • Energy-efficient property fund thumps benchmark for three years running

    04 November 2015

    Columbia Threadneedle's Low Carbon Workplace Fund has outperformed its benchmark by an average of 5.3 percentage points over the past three years.