Archive

  • Virgin steps back from biofuels focus

    01 October 2007

    Richard Branson's foray into biofuels investment appears to be under pressure, after the company set up by Virgin Group to invest in 'green fuel' start-ups has been re-branded.

  • VCs strike gold on European clean energy bets

    01 October 2007

    Venture capitalists (VCs) are set to make annualised returns of 55% on investments in clean energy start-ups in Europe, according to new figures from New Energy Finance (NEF).

  • Climate policies risk market distortions – Lehman

    01 October 2007

    Cost must be placed at the centre of climate change policy if market distortion is to be avoided, said John Llewellyn, London-based senior economic policy adviser for Lehman Brothers, in a report published last month.

  • Uranium mining enters FTSE4Good

    01 October 2007

    Rio Tinto has become the first company involved in uranium mining to be included in the FTSE4Good index since restrictions were lifted over a year ago.

  • CDP and Wal-Mart to target supply chain emissions

    01 October 2007

    The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) will join with Wal-Mart to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the giant retailer's supply chain.

  • OECD' report stokes fear and confusion over biofuels

    01 October 2007

    Forests, wetlands and pastureland are being put at risk by the growing demand for biofuels, while the use of food crops to power the transport system is likely to push up food prices for at least a decade, according to a damning report prepared for the OECD.

  • Weather deal to save African farmers from famine

    01 October 2007

    Swiss Re has sold a series of weather derivative contracts to protect African farmers from poverty and famine in event of drought ruining their harvest.

  • EU energy package to boost renewables – Commission

    01 October 2007

    Renewable energy developers will benefit from proposals to simplify and make more competitive Europe's energy market, according to the European Commission.

  • Real estate investor buys up conservation fund

    01 October 2007

    MuniMae Mortgage & Equity has moved into the ecosystems services business, with the acquisition of the Sustainable Land Fund for an undisclosed sum.

  • People moves this month

    01 October 2007

    TOM FROST, a former associate director and emissions and renewable energy specialist at UK-based stockbroker Numis Securities, has joined fast-growing Icelandic bank Kaupthing.