Archive

  • Suspension will be temporary for embattled Amazon dam - campaigners

    03 March 2011

    An order blocking construction of Brazil's Belo Monte dam will prove only a temporary victory, campaigners say, as they are expecting the decision to be overturned.

  • Ecotricity: green bonds now 'permanent part' of corporate fundraising

    03 March 2011

    Green bonds are to become a permanent fixture of how UK renewable energy utility Ecotricity raises finance – although the UK government's review of its solar feed-in tariff could delay the next fund-raising.

  • Money laundering scandal could finish off carbon trading – Barcap

    03 March 2011

    The EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is the ideal environment for laundering money – and if such a scandal emerges, it will mean the end of the cap-and-trade programme, a leading investment banker has warned.

  • Investors offer tips to US firms on disclosing climate risks, opportunities

    03 March 2011

    Providing quality disclosure on climate change risks and opportunities is no easy task, but a report by Ceres aims to let companies know exactly what information investors are looking for in the US.

  • Commission seeks input on raising €100bn of 'project bonds'

    03 March 2011

    The European Commission has launched a public consultation to find the best way of encouraging the private sector to plug the €100 billion ($139 billion) shortfall needed to update Europe's outdated energy infrastructure via 'project bonds'.

  • China still top dog but global renewables in 'flux' – E&Y

    02 March 2011

    China is still the most attractive market for renewables investment, despite facing significant supply chain challenges, while continued economic pressure has put the wider global renewables market "in a state of flux", according to analysis by Ernst & Young.

  • US set to outpace Canadian sustainable business spend

    02 March 2011

    Canadian businesses are increasing spending on sustainability, but growth rates are still trailing their counterparts south of the border.

  • Commission disappoints with response to EUA scandal

    01 March 2011

    The European Commission has proposed a raft of measures to improve security in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in the wake of the theft of around 4 million EU allowances (EUAs) that has slowed the spot market to a crawl. But market participants and lawyers have slammed the measures as inadequate and overdue.

  • Obama's plan to start a US-wide trade in clean energy credits?

    24 February 2011

    US President Barack Obama's proposed federal clean energy standard (CES) would allow utilities to trade credits on a national level to lower compliance costs, according to a White House report.

  • How U.S. Federal Climate Policy Could Affect Chemicals' Credit Risk

    Standard & Poor's and WRI examine how potential U.S. climate change policy scenarios could have credit implications for the U.S. chemicals manufacturing industry. In both Standard & Poor's and WRI's view, their respective findings indicate that environmental policy issues could play a role in the evaluation of credit quality.