Sophie Robinson-Tillett

Articles by Sophie Robinson-Tillett

  • Global corporate governance advisor ISS acquires green advisory firm

    15 September 2015

    Corporate governance consultant Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has entered the environmental space with the acquisition of Ethix SRI Advisors.

  • NIB comes to market with its first euro green bond in €500m deal

    14 September 2015

    The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has issued its first euro-denominated green bond in a €500 million ($566 million) deal that was "well oversubscribed".

  • Green bond market gets its first agricultural and forestry standards

    11 September 2015

    The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has released standards it hopes will bolster green bond issuance in the agricultural and forestry space.

  • Pepsi, RBC and Cisco out of DJSI as sustainability issues become 'more mainstream'

    11 September 2015

    Pepsi, Royal Bank of Canada and Cisco Systems have been kicked out of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), making way for Bank of America, Telefonica and BHP Billiton.

  • Recurrent Energy bags $337m solar financing from consortium of banks

    10 September 2015

    Canadian Solar's US subsidiary has secured a $337 million debt package for a solar project, in its second deal this week.

  • Oxford Capital sells a UK solar portfolio

    10 September 2015

    Private equity firm Oxford Capital has sold a portfolio of residential rooftop solar to a UK private investment firm.

  • Aviva signs up to Montreal Carbon Pledge

    09 September 2015

    Aviva Investors has signed up to the Montreal Carbon Pledge, saying that climate change poses 'clear risks' to long-term investment.

  • Green bond growth slows in Q1, but players remain bullish

    08 April 2015

    The green bond market saw some $8.7 billion of issues in the first quarter of 2015, meaning its rate of growth has slowed since last year.

  • The rise of the green bond index

    06 November 2014

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays/MSCI and Standard & Poor's have started green bond indexes. What impact will they have on the fledgling market, ask Sophie Robinson-Tillett and Peter Cripps

  • Renewables stocks see share prices fall ahead of Scotland referendum

    17 September 2014

    Renewables stocks exposed to Scotland have seen their share prices fall slightly ahead of the country's referendum on independence.