Green Bonds

Investment

Moody's to use Paris climate pledges to assess corporate financial risk

Ratings agency says national emission reduction pledges are a plausible central scenario for businesses to be judged against

clock 29 June 2016 • 2 min read

Investment

Good Energy raises over £3.1m in oversubscribed share offer

Clean energy supplier says most applications came from its customers

clock 23 June 2016 • 1 min read

Investment

Ineffective red tape hampering green bonds, WWF warns

Environmental group calls for set of robust, widely-accepted standards to ensure thriving market for green bonds

clock 14 June 2016 • 3 min read

Energy

Good Energy goes 'back to its roots' with customer-focused share offer

Renewable energy supplier launches customer share offer aimed at raising £3.1m investment

clock 13 June 2016 • 2 min read

Investment

Swindon council green bonds hit investment target early

Share offer for UK's first council solar bonds reaches £1.8m target a month ahead of schedule

clock 02 June 2016 • 1 min read

Investment

Westpac raises $360m in green bond sale for clean building push

Australian bank says its Climate Bond issuance commanded a strong response from investors

clock 27 May 2016 • 3 min read

Automotive

Green bond raises $400m for London's EV black cab fleet

Efforts to clean up London's air garnering interest from international investors, as Chinese firm raises $400m to fund electric taxi rollout

clock 20 May 2016 • 2 min read

Investment

Investors urge governments to fast-track Paris Agreement

Institutional investors urge countries to build on signal provided by UN climate deal and deliver their own decarbonisation policies, as divestment trend gathers pace

clock 19 April 2016 • 7 min read

Investment

Abundance set to debut UK's first Innovative Finance green ISA

New Innovative Finance ISA will allow savers and investors to put money directly into renewable energy

clock 05 April 2016 • 2 min read

Solar

First UK council green bond launched in Swindon

Small investors can now invest alongside the council in the 5MW Swindon community solar farm

clock 24 February 2016 • 2 min read