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Green stimulus cash at risk – HSBC
26 November 2009Less than a fifth of the promised $513 billion in government green stimulus money is set to be spent this year, raising the risk of "retrenchment" as governments seek to exit fiscal stimulus strategies, according to HSBC.
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Government support key to boosting marine energy – analysts
19 November 2009A lack of private sector investment could lead to the marine energy industry floundering unless governments throw the sector a lifeline, according to analysts at Frost & Sullivan in London.
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Triodos raising €90m to double sustainable lending
01 November 2009Triodos Bank is seeking €90 million ($133 million) in fresh capital to double its loan portfolio, as it reports "unprecedented interest" in its approach to banking after the financial crisis.
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UK Treasury wins first round of RBS environment case
01 November 2009A High Court judge has quashed an attempt by three NGOs to force the UK government to apply stricter environmental and social criteria to investments made by RBS, one of the banks nationalised during the credit crunch.
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Carbon fund assets reach $16 billion
01 October 2009The assets held by or committed to carbon funds have risen by 25% over the past year – to $16.1 billion in August 2009, up from $12.87 billion a year earlier.
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WEF taskforce eyes tens of billions for climate funds
24 September 2009A World Economic Forum (WEF) task force has called for the formation of regional public-private investment funds to generate the billions of dollars needed for clean energy technology and infrastructure in the developing world.
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IFC suspends funding for palm oil sector after critical review
09 September 2009The World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) has stopped investing in palm oil projects pending the development of a new strategy to address environmental and social practices associated with the material.
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Putting the structures in place
01 September 2009A growing carbon market will see an increasing number of carbon funds bringing together capital and carbon assets. Michael Tannenbaum and Scott Furman consider how they are being structured
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IFC breached standards on palm oil financing – ombudsman
13 August 2009An audit by the International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) own watchdog has found it failed to apply its own environmental and social standards in a series of investments and loans to palm oil trading and plantation owner Wilmar Group.
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Banks slammed for involvement in palm oil fund-raising
09 July 2009Three European banks have come under fire from environmentalists for their involvement in a fund-raising by palm oil producer Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), which NGOs claim is involved in rainforest destruction.