Archive

  • Platina closes renewables fund at €209m

    01 April 2010

    Private equity fund manager Platina Partners has closed its European renewable energy fund at €209 million ($282 million), winning investment from banks, funds of funds and pension funds.

  • Championing sustainability reporting

    01 April 2010

    Poor ESG disclosure is proving a drag on responsible investment into emerging markets. Lauren Compere, Mike Lombardo and Peter DeSimone explain how an investor initiative is aiming to improve reporting

  • Carbon trading scheme to hit UK businesses

    01 April 2010

    The first companies have registered for a pioneering UK carbon trading scheme, which comes into force today, as consultants warn that many organisations are unprepared and will face financial and reputational impacts.

  • Rebuilding energy security

    01 April 2010

    Greg Clark sets out how a Conservative government in the UK would ensure the EU Emissions Trading Scheme underpins low-carbon investment

  • Experts warn over green index inflation

    01 April 2010

    Green rankings and indexes measuring sustainability efforts can be useful, sustainability experts said, but the proliferation of these efforts runs the risk of overwhelming consumers and investors with too much, often contradictory, information.

  • The green bank bandwagon

    01 April 2010

    It is, it seems, an idea whose time has come. Support is building for the concept of government- backed 'green investment banks', which would use taxpayers' money to help move capital towards the low-carbon investments that will be needed to tackle climate change, helping to address market failures and focus early-stage investment.

  • Co-founder exits EcoSecurities (from Carbon Finance)

    01 April 2010

    Marc Stuart, one of the co-founders of leading project developer EcoSecurities, has left the company.

  • MSS launches suite of sustainable forestry funds

    01 April 2010

    MSS Capital has launched three funds that will invest in sustainable forestry.

  • Will the EPA embrace cap and trade?

    01 April 2010

    The Environmental Protection Agency is likely to take the lead with greenhouse gas regulation in the US – but its recent history with emissions trading doesn't bode well for those hoping it will pursue cap and trade, says Allison Wood

  • Emissions data to show 10% fall – analysts (from Carbon Finance)

    30 March 2010

    Emissions in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) last year were around 10% lower than in 2008, according to carbon market analysts.