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Investors and businesses call on Trump to back Paris Agreement
15 March 2017Allianz, CalPERS and CalSTRS are among 1,000 investors and businesses to sign a statement calling for Donald Trump's administration to honour the Paris climate agreement.
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Clean-tech in China: time to smell the air
14 March 2017East Capital has refocused its China strategy on the environment. François Perrin tells Joe Walsh why.
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Green growth is the deal of the century. Will the Dealmaker-in-Chief realise it?
01 February 2017If Donald Trump really wants to 'get America winning again', he ought to seize opportunities presented by the transition to a low-carbon economy, argues Fenella Aouane.
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US 'to overtake Germany as third biggest solar market', despite Trump
25 January 2017The US will become the third largest market for solar in 2017 overtaking Germany, according to a report by data provider Sustainalytics.
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EF BRIEFS: Tesla, BNP Paribas, World Bank, NextEnergy
01 August 2016Electric car company Tesla has agreed to buy SolarCity, a leading provider of small-scale solar energy installations for $2. 6 billion.
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EF BRIEFS: SolarCity, CDP hires Stathers
19 July 2016SolarCity, a leading provider of small-scale solar energy installations, has raised $345 million from four undisclosed tax equity investors to finance new projects.
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Battery production poses fresh environmental risks to automakers' supply chains
04 July 2016While electric vehicles (EV) are set to have an important role to play in helping tackling climate change, their boom could cause its own environmental problems – through the mining of lithium for the batteries that power them.
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Lessons from the diesel emissions crisis
24 May 2016The emissions crisis highlights the challenges facing autos companies as we move towards an economy less dependent on fossil fuels, while Tesla's latest model could herald the start of a fundamental change in the industry, argues Nick Anderson
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FTSE launches low-carbon index based on new green data platform
29 April 2016FTSE Russell has announced a new low-carbon index based on data from a new data platform it is set to launch next month.
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Energy storage – the next sustainable energy frontier?
21 April 2016Batteries are set to play a key role in the transition to a decentralised, low-carbon economy. Can utilities survive the shift, asks Frank Wouters