News

• Canada requires coal plants to slash emissions

  23 August 2011

  Canada's environment ministry has proposed tougher regulations for coal-fired power plants, but they do not go far enough to help the country achieve its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets, according to an environmental NGO.

• Suntech earnings hit by economic woes

  23 August 2011

  Solar panel producer Suntech's earnings were hurt by policy and economic trends in the second quarter, but the company expects renewable power feed-in tariffs (FiTs) in Europe and China to drive strong growth in the second half of 2011 and beyond.

• Japan edges towards renewables feed-in tariff

  23 August 2011

  A renewable energy bill which would introduce feed-in tariffs has today been waved through by the lower house of Japan's parliament, and is expected to pass the upper house by Friday.

• Irish business school launches graduate course in sustainable finance

  23 August 2011

  Dublin City University Business School is launching a postgraduate course in sustainable finance next month.

• Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder backs enviro-finance boutique

  23 August 2011

  An investment firm set up by the co-founder of FTSE100 financial advisor Hargreaves Lansdown has taken a strategic stake in Sustainable Development Capital (SDCL).

• Clean energy award offers $3m for SMEs and NGOs

  19 August 2011

  The Zayed Future Energy Prize – the world's largest award for renewable and sustainable energy – will give $3 million to small and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs) and NGOs in the 2012 competition.

• Wind power 'cheaper than gas' in Brazil

  19 August 2011

  Generating power from the wind in Brazil is less costly than using natural gas or hydro, according to the results of a government tender to supply electricity this week.

• Brazil forestry fund eyes $350m

  18 August 2011

  A Brazilian firm is launching a fund that aims to help meet the booming demand for timber while delivering high returns for institutional investors.

• Smucker's climate risk vote is just the starter

  18 August 2011

  A shareholder resolution filed against JM Smucker could pave the way for other companies in the food and agricultural sector to disclose climate-related physical risks to their supply chains.

• Dutch weather risk cover for builders extended to UK

  18 August 2011

  UK building companies are being offered weather derivatives to cover financial losses in the event of cold or wet weather delaying construction projects.