News

• More banks and institutions will lend to renewables, says Credit Agricole

  17 April 2014

  The number of banks and institutional investors that finance renewables projects is set to rise as they become more comfortable with the technology, a leading project financier told Environmental Finance.

• Voting opens for the Annual Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings

  17 April 2014

  Environmental Finance is conducting its annual rankings of the voluntary carbon markets, polling our readers on the leading project developers, traders, wholesalers, advisors, verifiers and other service providers active in these markets.

• ERAFP seeks managers for €400m bond funds

  16 April 2014

  ERAFP is looking to hire three managers for socially responsible investment (SRI) focused bond funds with a potential value of around €400 million ($553 million).

• World Bank launches first green bond in Australia

  16 April 2014

  The World Bank has today launched its first green bond on the Australian market, raising AU$300 million ($281 million).

• Arise launches SEK1.1 bn green bond

  16 April 2014

  Wind farm developer Arise has issued an SEK 1.1 billion ($16.7 million) green bond, securitised by revenue from 10 wind farms in southern Sweden.

• Île-de-France increases size of green bond due to strong demand

  16 April 2014

  Regional French government, Île-de-France attracted such a high level of demand for its latest green bond that it raised the target from €350 million ($483 million) to €600 million at the last minute

• Impax completes deal for two Finnish wind farms

  15 April 2014

  Impax Asset Management has completed two wind power deals in Finland with a combined generating capacity of 78MW, marking its first investments in the country.

• EU adopts ESG reporting law for large companies

  15 April 2014

  The European Parliament today waved through a law demanding that large companies must disclose environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related information.

• SocGen launches green bond service

  15 April 2014

  Societe Generale has today launched a 'green bond initiative' that will see it combine the expertise of its socially responsible investment and debt capital markets teams to allow it "to offer a fully-fledged service to clients".

• RET Capital buys 25MW solar plant

  15 April 2014

  US financing platform Renewable Energy Trust Capital is to buy a 25MW solar photovoltaic plant in California – its second acquisition since raising $125 million last month.