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  • Second round of NER300 sales to start next month

    09 October 2013

    The second round of emissions permit sales under the NER300 initiative will begin in mid-November, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced.

  • Mangrove carbon project has potential for voluntary market roll-out

    04 October 2013

    A pioneering initiative will fund the protection and restoration of mangrove swamps by issuing voluntary carbon credits.

  • EU electrical waste market to reach $1.8bn in 2020, say analysts

    02 October 2013

    The European market for recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is expected to reach $1.79 billion in 2020 from around $1.30 billion in 2012, analysts say.

  • Transparency drive aims to boost demand for $500m green bond

    25 September 2013

    The African Development Bank will name the projects that receive funding from a planned $500 million green bond issue, and detail the carbon savings they generate, as it seeks to increase transparency for investors.

  • Renewables: a hotspot for the weather risk market

    23 September 2013

    Requests for weather risk products from renewable energy developers and investors are mounting, providing market participants with long sought-after new demand. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports

  • US generator eyes cost savings from more renewables

    17 September 2013

    A major US utility expects to save "a substantial amount" for its customers by sharply increasing the amount of wind power capacity in its generation mix.

  • BoA, UBS in, but HSBC out of sustainability index

    12 September 2013

    Bank of America, UBS and United Parcel Service are the largest of 39 companies admitted to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), following an annual review of constituents carried out by sustainable investment specialist RobecoSAM.

  • GIIN issues measurement guide for impact investors

    04 September 2013

    A guide to help investors measure the social and environmental impacts of their investments, as well as their financial performance, has been launched by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).

  • World Bank issues $550m green bond

    12 August 2013

    The World Bank has returned to the green bond market in a follow-up to its record-breaking $1 billion offering earlier this year.

  • Senior weather risk appointment made

    03 June 2013

    A subsidiary of OTC Global Holdings has hired a new weather markets director.