Archive

  • EIB publishes project-level reporting methodology for green bonds

    02 October 2015

    The European Investment Bank has today published data on the use of proceeds for its green bonds using a new methodology.

  • Insurers demand action on climate change

    01 October 2015

    The leaders of 15 insurance firms have written to the governor of the Bank of England demanding "urgent action" on climate change.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 28 September 2015

    28 September 2015

    EU carbon prices have been bucking the downward trend in most commodity markets, but there is potential for further losses this week as global economic headwinds appear strong and persistent, says Louis Redshaw

  • MSCI to report carbon footprint of 160,000 indexes

    28 September 2015

    MSCI will report the carbon footprint of more than 160,000 of its indexes in response to growing investor demand for transparency around carbon risk.

  • China to roll out carbon-trading system in 2017

    25 September 2015

    China is expected to announce today that it will push back the launch of its long-awaited national emissions trading system (ETS) to 2017.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 21 September 2015

    23 September 2015

    Economic fears saw carbon prices fall last week and choppy trading is expected this week, says Louis Redshaw

  • 2015 has seen an 'inexorable rise' in voluntary carbon pricing for corporates, says CDP

    23 September 2015

    There has been an "inexorable rise" in the number of public companies putting a price on carbon, according to a report from CDP.

  • CTX hires carbon markets pioneer Michael Walsh

    16 September 2015

    Michael Walsh, co-founder of the pioneering Chicago Climate Exchange, has been appointed managing director, public policy & research, at the Carbon Trade Exchange.

  • Electricity companies call on UN to promote carbon trading

    16 September 2015

    Negotiators in the forthcoming UN climate change meeting in Paris (COP 21) are being urged by power companies to encourage the use of carbon trading in the international action plan they are working towards.

  • Carbon prices reach new high in RGGI market

    16 September 2015

    Emission allowances in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) reached a record clearing price of $6.02 in the latest quarterly auction.