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  • Stoxx launches world's first low-carbon index based on CDP's Climate A List

    05 February 2016

    STOXX has joined the growing list of index providers offering low-carbon products, with the launch of the first index based on the CDP's 'Climate A List'.

  • New investor coalition will pressurise firms to use clean energy

    26 November 2015

    An investor coalition is set to be launched to push companies to source clean energy to power their operations, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • EF BRIEFS: Moody's, S&P, Macquarie, UK SIF, Axa IM, TRIG, EDF, Apple

    13 November 2015

    Moody's has given its first public rating of a wind farm, in a move it says sets an important precedent for the emerging asset class.

  • Number of companies with emissions targets doubles, says CDP

    06 November 2015

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise has urged companies to "take swift and bold action" to address climate change, as research reveals the number of firms with emissions-reduction targets has doubled since 2010.

  • 13 US corporations pledge $140bn in new investments to cut emissions

    27 July 2015

    A group of 13 major US corporations have pledged to make $140 billion of investments to reduce their carbon emissions.

  • S&P and Goldman Sachs create responsible investment indices

    25 June 2015

    Standard & Poor's (S&P) has teamed up with Goldman Sachs to create two responsible investment indices – the latest in a series of launches in the space this week.

  • Quotes of the quarter

    17 April 2015

    Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the first quarter of 2015.

  • Apple puts $848m into solar farm with First Solar

    12 February 2015

    Technology giant Apple has made its first renewables investment after announcing an $848 million deal with First Solar that will power its operations in California.

  • Greenlight Capital almost doubles stake in SunEdison

    15 August 2014

    US hedge fund Greenlight Capital almost doubled its holding in solar energy giant SunEdison in the three months ended 30 June, according to SEC filings on 14 August.

  • S&P 500 increasingly conscious of climate risks, says CDP

    16 May 2014

    US public companies are increasingly feeling the impact of climate change on profit and operations, according to the CDP – formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project.