Green lending is growing as a means to fund sustainable projects
Green lending can be used to fund facilities such as wind farms
Liam Neeson among new investors backing €100m Ireland Impact fund
Dublin-based VentureWave Capital to invest in Irish ‘tech for good’ companies
U2 members back new tech fund as it raises €20m in first round
Impact Ireland to invest in firms that ‘generate a return for society as well as investors’
Eddie O’Connor steps back at Mainstream to become executive chairman
Chief operating officer takes over as chief executive at renewable energy group
Coast is clear for Mainstream sale of Scottish wind farm project
Bird charity RSPB loses court battle to stop €2.3bn Neart na Gaoithe development
Floating island city project set to go in French Polynesia
Californian non-profit’s hi-tech response to rising sea levels could begin in 2018
Eddie O’Connor’s Mainstream may raise up to €300m
Renewable energy group’s new Chilean contract has increased financing needs
Mainstream wins $1.65bn Chilean energy contract
Energy demand has soared in recent years, with prices among highest in Latin America
Rockefeller fund takes stake in Mainstream’s African venture
Lekela renewable energy joint venture plans 1.3 gigawatts of power projects by 2018
O’Connor sells $117m stake in Mainstream’s African venture
Mainstream may offer grey market trading in shares after fundraise later this year
Brazil’s ‘Scissorhands’ turns to helping the developing world
Former finance minister of Latin American country is now with the World Bank
Oxfam criticises World Bank over tax-haven links of multinationals
Charity claims Mauritius used as tax haven by some firms investing in Africa
Circle Oil to conduct strategic review to reduce debts
Options include sale of existing assets and a merger as Investec appointed advisor
Summit confronts scale of Africa’s challenges and opportunities
World Economic Forum hears growth in Africa is outpacing the global average
ESB International seals €1.5 million in energy projects for Asia
Four new deals span Malaysia, Burma and the Philippines
Less room for growth as emerging markets mature
Growth rates in developing Asia and Latin America have declined by about 3½ percentage points
Petroceltic partner seeks permit suspension
Suspension to allow Eni and Petroceltic to identify a new well location
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