Archive

  • WM signs landmark deal for Chinese solid waste firm

    13 August 2009

    Waste Management (WM) will pursue waste-to-energy opportunities in China following its $140 million acquisition of a stake in Shanghai Environment Group (SEG) last week, believed to the single largest foreign investment in China's solid waste management sector.

  • Xstrata reports emissions increase in 2008

    11 June 2009

    Greenhouse gas emissions by Xstrata, the coal and metals mining giant, rose 7% in 2008 while the carbon intensity of its operations rose by 8%, but the company remains on track to meet its 2010 target for emissions intensity.

  • Financial firms 'worst' at climate disclosure – studies

    04 June 2009

    Financial services companies are the worst offenders when it comes to failing to disclose climate change risks and mitigation strategies, which could have serious consequences for investors, two reports on corporate disclosure warn.

  • A lack of interest?

    01 June 2009

    Given the banking sector's fundamental role in the global economy and the fundamental economic threats posed by environmental issues, equity analysts covering the sector might be expected to care about banks' environmental reporting. Not so, found Richard Slack

  • Standard to aid companies on climate reporting

    28 May 2009

    Corporations wanting to report data relevant to climate change now have a standard procedure to follow, with the launch of a draft framework by the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) this week.

  • BAT issues second report on sustainable smoking

    07 May 2009

    British American Tobacco published its 2008 sustainability report last week, outlining its approaches to reduce the harm caused by tobacco products and announcing targets to lessen its environmental impact.

  • A looming imperative

    01 May 2009

    Across developed economies, pressure is building on companies to disclose environmental and climate change risks, warn Prajakt Samant and Adam Topping – with regulation surely just a matter of time

  • Eurosif calls for EU intervention on ESG disclosure

    16 April 2009

    The EU should force companies and institutional investors to disclose more information on how they are dealing with environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif) has said.

  • US outlines proposals for national GHG reporting

    01 April 2009

    The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rel­eased its proposals for mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions last month, setting in train a crucial underpinning of any carbon cap-and-trade system.

  • CDP to poll 3,700 firms on climate risks

    01 March 2009

    The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has called on 3,700 companies to submit data on their climate change risks, as a survey claims that three-quarters of the investment managers behind the project now factor such information into their investment decisions.