News

  • IIGCC joins Climate Bond Standards board

    14 January 2014

    The Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has added its weight to an initiative to agree standards for the rapidly growing green bonds market.

  • Banks back new transparency guidelines for green bond market

    13 January 2014

    A coalition of 13 major investment banks has backed a set of voluntary principles intended to encourage transparency and integrity in the fast-growing green bonds market.

  • ACORE names new president

    13 January 2014

    Michael R Brower had been appointed president and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE).

  • Resonance buys four wind farms as HgCapital fund exits UK investments

    13 January 2014

    Alternative asset manager Resonance has snapped up four wind farms in a move that has allowed the first renewables fund set up by HgCapital to exit its UK investments.

  • EIB issues first green bond in Swiss Francs

    10 January 2014

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its first green bond of 2014, with its first Climate Awareness Bond (CAB) denominated in Swiss Francs.

  • Ambienta environmental fund reaches €200m second close

    10 January 2014

    Italian private equity fund Ambienta has raised €200 million ($273 million) for its second fund focused on environmental technologies.

  • Investors buy stake in clean cookstove company

    10 January 2014

    A carbon project developer that focuses on the distribution of fuel-efficient cookstoves in Africa has attracted new investors.

  • ICE loses carbon trading market share to EEX in 2013

    09 January 2014

    EEX's emissions trading volumes continued to grow in 2013, as it won market share from the dominant carbon exchange ICE Futures Europe.

  • Sustainability fund breaks through €400m barrier

    09 January 2014

    A sustainability fund run by a German family office has seen its firepower pass the €400 million ($544.1 million) mark.

  • Swiss utility buys stake in German offshore wind project

    09 January 2014

    A Swiss utility has acquired a stake in the planned Butendiek offshore wind farm from its developer.