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Asset manager plans shareholder resolutions on methane
04 October 2017An engagement initiative on methane has been launched, targeting the 2018 proxy voting season.
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Investors and industry hail extension of California carbon market
19 July 2017A bipartisan vote to extend California's cap-and-trade carbon market to 2030 has been welcomed by a range of investors and industries.
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EDF eyes impact bond for Louisiana wetlands project
17 July 2017Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), a US advocacy group, is working on the design of an 'environmental impact bond' (EIB) to finance a coastal wetlands restoration project in Louisiana.
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Trump's budget to gut EPA - investors' verdict
17 March 2017President Donald Trump's proposed "America First Budget" will see the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget slashed 31% in 2018.
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California carbon market sells just 16.6% of allocation
02 March 2017California and Québec's carbon market collapsed again, with just 12.4 million, 16.6%, of the 74.8 million tonnes of allowances available at the Cap-and-Trade Program sold at last month's auction, at the 'floor price' of $13.57 a tonne.
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China and US ratification 'could see climate deal start this year'
05 September 2016China and the US have ratified the Paris climate deal, raising the possibility that it could come into force as soon as this year.
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90 steps forward, two steps back
17 August 2016With the flagship markets of the EU and California in difficulties, advocates of carbon trading are pinning their hopes on a slew of new markets, particularly China and Canada. Graham Cooper reports
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Investors eye €1bn for European energy efficiency projects
25 April 2016A network of investors is being put together to help channel more than €1 billion ($1.1 billion) to energy efficiency projects in the European property sector.
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Filling the gap - connecting financiers to energy efficiency projects
25 April 2016A new investor network aims to help investors find suitable energy efficiency programmes, and speed up the flow of capital to this widely overlooked asset class, explains Steve Fawkes
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Industry and NGOs lobby airlines to use REDD+ carbon offsets
04 April 2016Airlines have been urged to use emission reduction credits generated by forestry protection projects, in two new papers from the Climate Markets & Investment Association and a group of NGOs.