Archive

  • Ryanair tops list of airline emitters in EU carbon market

    18 July 2013

    Ryanair, Lufthansa and easyJet were the biggest emitters of carbon dioxide among airlines within the EU Emissions Trading System in 2012, according to Carbon Market Data.

  • KKR aims to apply ESG across entire business

    17 July 2013

    Private equity giant KKR has pledged to ramp up its focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in coming months, and aims to expand the initiative across the breadth of its business.

  • First UK solar fund IPO marks 'pivotal moment' for sector

    12 July 2013

    A UK solar photovoltaic (PV) investment fund has raised £130 million ($196.5 million) through a successful stock market flotation, in a move that marks a "pivotal moment in the growth of large-scale UK solar".

  • ABB bets on solar

    11 July 2013

    ABB's recent $1 billion swoop on solar inverter maker Power-One came after several of its rivals exited the volatile sector. ABB's Maxine Ghavi tells Elza Holmstedt Pell why the engineering giant is bucking the trend by expanding its solar business

  • BASF calls for standardised environmental accounting methodology

    10 July 2013

    Chemicals giant BASF has thrown its weight behind calls for a standardised methodology for companies to develop environmental profit and loss (EP&L) accounts, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Making clean-tech pay

    10 July 2013

    Times are tough for clean-tech investors, but Chrysalix can claim to be outshining many of its rivals. The venture capital firm's head Wal van Lierop talks to Felicity Carus

  • UK opens wheat-fuelled biorefinery, ahead of EU vote

    10 July 2013

    The UK's largest biorefinery, officially opened on Tuesday, will produce 420 million litres of bioethanol – a third of the country's current need – when operating at full capacity, the owners said.

  • AfDB plans $500m green bond issue by end October

    10 July 2013

    The African Development Bank (AfDB) plans to issue a $500 million green bond in September or October, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Infrastructure fund bids for French wind firm

    08 July 2013

    A leading infrastructure fund, whose investors are mostly pension funds, has announced a friendly takeover bid for a financially troubled French wind company.

  • European utility giant hires environmental products trader

    08 July 2013

    The trading arm of a leading European utility has appointed an environmental products trader, Environmental Finance has learned.