Archive

  • Funds digest

    01 November 2009

    Robeco raising third clean-tech fund; Impax clears £100m for Asia environment fund; Leadenhall launches $100m cat risk funds; EIB seeks managers for sustainable energy fund; US non-profits launch energy efficiency fund

  • Climate Change Capital pulls out of listed equities

    01 November 2009

    Investment manager Climate Change Capital (CCC) is pulling out of listed equities, after its loss-making unit failed to perform as well as expected.

  • World Bank arranges $290m Mexico cat bond

    01 November 2009

    Mexico has sold a $290 million catastrophe (cat) bond to investors, becoming the first country to use the 'Multicat' framework developed by the World Bank.

  • Aviva calls for CDP to launch 'Carbon Mitigation Project'

    01 November 2009

    The chairman of financial services group Aviva has called for the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) to move from disclosure to mitigation – a proposal which was enthusiastically met by the CDP's chairman and CEO.

  • Comply or explain

    01 November 2009

    It's time that lised companies report on their environmental, social and governance performance, or explain why not – and listing authorities need to lay down the law, says Paul Abberley

  • Being smart about IP

    01 November 2009

    For most clean-tech investments, intellectual property is fundamental to their value – making patent management crucial, says Mark Hilton

  • In readiness for favourable winds?

    01 November 2009

    Foreign investors have had mixed fortunes in China's wind energy sector – and have struggled to compete under its concession system. But could the picture be set to change with recent policy shifts, ask Christian Zeppezauer and Connie Carnabuci

  • Singing the praises of industrial waste

    01 November 2009

    While industrial waste recycling doesn't share the glamour of solar energy or electric cars, it nonetheless offers enormous investment potential. Iyad Omari reviews the waste landscape

  • VAT clampdown leads to carbon market's first quarterly drop

    01 November 2009

    Both the value and the volume of carbon trading fell between the second and third quarters this year, under the twin effects of recession and a clamp-down on value-added tax (VAT) fraud.

  • Centrica's $1.2bn offshore bet shows bank caution

    01 November 2009

    UK utility Centrica has announced plans to invest £725 million ($1.2 billion) in an offshore wind farm, and has refinanced part of its existing renewables portfolio with a consortium of 14 banks.