PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC's) sustainability and climate change practice has grown strongly over the past 12 months and further expansion is planned for the coming year.
Government action is required if the insurance industry is to realise its potential to help developing countries adapt to climate change, according to a statement backed by more than 100 leading insurance companies.
Blue chip companies in Sweden and France are still the leaders on reporting environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues – but a report by GES Investment Services shows that firms in eastern Europe are catching up.
BlueNext, a Paris-based carbon exchange owned by NYSE Euronext, is to link with US energy market infrastructure provider APX and build global markets for environmental commodities under a joint venture named NYSE Blue.
US investment analysis and index company MSCI has formally adopted the environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexes developed by KLD Research & Analytics, after it acquired the business this year.
The value of the low-carbon energy market will almost triple by 2020, even if the US does not introduce a comprehensive cap-and-trade programme, an HSBC report says.
The former UN climate chief says the political momentum that existed at last year’s climate talks in Copengagen remains, despite the failure to reach a global agreement and the lack of legislative progress on climate action in the US.
China is the best place to invest in renewable energy, according to a study by consultancy Ernst & Young.
A group of banks has called for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to be more “assertive and innovative” on climate change, in response to proposals to revise the institution’s environmental and social standards.
China plans to meet an ambitious target to exploit its hydropower reserves in 2015 – five years ahead of earlier forecasts, according to local media reports.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has closed its first loan guarantee using a lender-focused financing structure designed to ease the path for renewable energy projects.
UK climate change minister Greg Barker launched an initiative this week to put London at the heart of low-carbon investment.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to issue its first clean energy bond, following in the footsteps of its successful water bond earlier this year.
US federal regulators are refusing to reverse their position that innovative energy efficiency and renewables bond programmes pose a threat to mortgage lenders.
Speculation is building over the future of a massive proposal, which could see 5% of the UK’s electricity generated from a tidal barrage on the Severn Estuary.
There may be hope for enactment of a federal renewable electricity standard (RES) in the US this year after all.
Companies that fail to adequately address environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns risk losing value, a leading UK pension group said, pointing to the declining share price of controversial UK-listed miner Vedanta Resources.
Utility Exelon plans to expand its renewable energy portfolio by purchasing wind developer John Deere Renewables for $860 million.
Deutsche Bank will raise its price forecast for EU allowances (EUAs) at the end of 2010 to €25 ($32) from €20 if its fears are realised on the supply and use of carbon offsets.
EU biofuel targets are driving a “land grab” in Africa, according to a report by Friends of the Earth.
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