Archive

  • Sustainable timber fund gains €30m backing from EIB

    25 June 2009

    Dasos Capital's private equity timber fund has made its first close of €85 million ($119 million), following a pledge of €30 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB).

  • Investors focus on deforestation disclosure

    18 June 2009

    Investors are to call on companies to examine and disclose their role in tropical deforestation, via the Forest Footprint Disclosure Project (FFDP).

  • Nephila wins A$44m mandate

    01 June 2009

    Australian asset manager AMP Capital Investors has awarded Nephila Capital a A$44 million (US$35 million) mandate to invest in insurance-linked securities

  • Munich Re offers PV cover

    01 June 2009

    Insurance broker Marsh and reinsurer Munich Re are insuring California solar module maker Signet Solar's products against deterioration in performance, through what they claim is a first-of-its-kind policy.

  • Growing on trees?

    01 June 2009

    Investing in forestry and timber assets is nothing new. But investors are increasingly seeing the attraction of more sustainable forestry investments. Tom Fitzherbert-Brockholes reports

  • Where next for sustainable forestry investment?

    01 June 2009

    At present, sustainable forestry and timber investments are largely focused on gaining revenue from capital appreciation and timber-related products, with a small percentage looking to the voluntary carbon markets. The future could be quite different.

  • Inflation, innovation and the carbon market

    01 June 2009

    An investment in carbon assets doesn't just confer the right to emit greenhouse gases – it also offers potential hedges against inflation and the failure of technological innovation, says Gerrity Lansing

  • Signet Solar gets module cover from Munich Re and Marsh

    28 May 2009

    Insurance broker Marsh and Munich Re are insuring Signet Solar's photovoltaic (PV) modules against deterioration in performance, through what they claim is a first-of-its-kind policy.

  • Learning from the states

    01 May 2009

    A federal renewable energy target – in the shape of a Renewable Portfolio Standard – is just around the corner. Congress can learn from the states when it comes to its design, say Peter Toomey and Eric Thumma

  • Powering through the downturn

    01 May 2009

    Recession may be taking the pressure off Europe's emission reduction targets, but European power ­companies are pressing ahead with investment in ­carbon management, finds Philippa Jones