Deals of the Year

• Carbon 2017: FTSE Russell's smart sustainability index

  30 June 2017

  A "smart sustainability index" from FTSE Russell that combines performance factors with sustainability themes has won the backing of an HSBC pension fund.

  

• Personality of the year 2017: Thomas DiNapoli

  30 June 2017

  New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has been one of the most influential investor voices on climate change in recent years.

  

• Initial Public Offering 2017: Dong Energy

  30 June 2017

  Danish utility provider Dong Energy's initial public offering (IPO) of its shares on Nasdaq Copenhagen, in June 2016, was the largest European stock market listing for five years, raising DKK 19.7 billion ($2.6 billion).

  

• Energy Efficiency 2017: SUSI's funding for Urban Volt

  30 June 2017

  The SUSI Energy Efficiency Fund (SEEF) has agreed to inject up to €30 million ($32.2 million) to refinance energy efficient lighting retrofits via an innovative facility.

  

• Catastrophe Risk 2017: Allianz Weather Bond

  30 June 2017

  2016 saw the issuance of the first insurance linked weather bond in 17 years, as Allianz Risk Transfer (ART) and Jardine Lloyd Thompson Capital Markets (JLTCM) secured $30.75 million of coverage against warm European winter temperature extremes, in a private placement.

  

• Weather deal 2017: Old Settler Wind

  30 June 2017

  Allianz Risk Transfer (ART) and Nephila Capital's proxy revenue swap hedge structure for a wind farm in the US has the potential to be replicated throughout the renewables industry.

  

• Bioenergy deal 2017: MGT Teesside

  30 June 2017

  Danish pension fund PKA and Australian banking group Macquarie joined forces in 2016 to acquire what is believed to be the largest dedicated biomass power plant in the world.

• M&A 2017: Acquisition of Saft Group by Total

  30 June 2017

  Oil and gas giant Total said its $1 billion (€0.95 billion) acquisition of French battery manufacturer Saft would accelerate its move towards cleaner energy

  

• Water 2017: Xylem's acquisition of Sensus

  30 June 2017

  Environmental Finance's inaugural Deal of the Year Award for the water sector goes to US company Xylem for its acquisition of smart water meter business Sensus for $1.7 billion.

  

• Sustainable Forestry 2017: IFC Forests Bond

  30 June 2017

  Preventing deforestation can yield numerous social as well as environmental benefits. Many governments have therefore taken action to protect their forests, but it is widely acknowledged that their efforts are inadequate and that substantial private finance will be required.