Archive

  • Morningstar to offer ESG scores for funds

    13 August 2015

    Morningstar is to begin offering environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores on mutual and exchange-traded funds, in a move it says is an industry first.

  • GreenStream loan is 'missing piece of the puzzle' for growth in China

    06 August 2015

    Finnish environmental services firm GreenStream has secured "the missing piece of the puzzle" with a financing package from a Chinese development bank.

  • Hudson and Adenium in $300m Japanese solar tie-up

    05 August 2015

    Private equity firms Hudson Clean Energy Partners and Adenium Energy Capital have joined forces to construct $300 million of solar photovoltaic (PV) assets in Japan.

  • Obama pollution plan boosts prospects for renewables … and Paris

    04 August 2015

    Barack Obama has laid down tough measures to tackle emissions from US power plants, in a bold statement that is expected to boost the renewables sector and facilitate a global climate change agreement.

  • Impax private equity fund exits wind farm

    03 August 2015

    Sustainable investment specialist Impax Asset Management has sold a wind farm in France.

  • Tool to help investors assess deforestation risks to portfolios

    31 July 2015

    Banks and investors are being urged to assess the risks to their portfolios from deforestation, using a new tool created by the UN.

  • FTSE creates indexes to exclude coal

    30 July 2015

    FTSE Russell has extended its range of fossil-fuel free indexes with a new series excluding coal and mining firms, as the divestment movement gathers pace.

  • "Lack of clarity" on carbon markets in draft UN text worries industry

    27 July 2015

    The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), a non-profit representing more than 150 companies, has expressed concern over the negotiating text prepared for the UN's climate change meeting in Paris in December.

  • Good Energy hires Meyrick from Eneco

    23 July 2015

    Carbon market veteran Mark Meyrick is joining UK renewables company Good Energy as director of wholesale and trading after more than five years as head of the carbon desk at Dutch utility Eneco.

  • TerraForm Global to offer $800m green bond alongside IPO

    20 July 2015

    SunEdison's latest yieldco, TerraForm Global, will offer an $800 million green bond alongside its IPO on Nasdaq today.