News

  • Green Climate Fund targets 2014 fundraising

    20 September 2013

    The Green Climate Fund (GCF) aims to complete its first fundraising next year, its new head has revealed.

  • German wind farm developer raises €33.7m from institutional investors

    20 September 2013

    A German wind farm developer has closed a €100 million ($135.3 million) bond, after raising €33.7 million from institutional investors in a 'second tranche' of the issue.

  • Weather risk demand to rise as institutional investors buy renewables assets

    20 September 2013

    Weather risk products will increasingly be used to help European utilities selling their stakes in renewables assets to more risk-averse institutional investors, a conference heard.

  • Former CDM board chairman takes new carbon markets role

    20 September 2013

    A former chairman of the Clean Development Mechanism's (CDM) regulatory body has taken up a post with the European Commission, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Allianz closes €150m renewables fund, and appoints new manager

    19 September 2013

    Allianz Global Investors (GI) has reached a final close for a renewables fund, with €150 million ($203 million) of commitments from institutional investors, and recruited a new manager to bolster its clean energy team.

  • EU carbon prices fall after 'missed opportunity' to reform ETS

    19 September 2013

    European carbon prices have taken a hit after the European Parliament's environment rejected a proposal to move quickly to structurally reform the market and impose a 2030 climate and energy framework.

  • Kookie goes to Kenya

    19 September 2013

    WWF International has appointed Kookie Habtegaber as its global coordinator, green economies, to help develop its economic strategy.

  • New sustainability index outperforms general stock market

    18 September 2013

    An equity index based on companies committed to the 10 sustainability principles of the UN Global Compact significantly outperformed the general stock market over the past year.

  • UK politician mulls waste derivatives push

    18 September 2013

    The introduction of waste-related hedging products would bring more certainty for investors in the sector, according to a UK politician who has set up a working group to review the viability of waste derivatives.

  • Debt providers eye merchant waste-to-energy plants, says banker

    18 September 2013

    Debt providers will increasingly consider investing in uncontracted waste-to-energy plants in the UK, as the number of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects being signed off is falling, according to an investor.