News

• Second round of NER300 sales to start next month

  09 October 2013

  The second round of emissions permit sales under the NER300 initiative will begin in mid-November, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced.

• Coal assets to suffer most from fossil fuel 'divestment stigma'

  08 October 2013

  Coal stocks are more vulnerable than oil and natural gas to the fossil fuel divestment movement, according to a new study which has called on investors to evaluate the "poorly understood and regularly mispriced" environmental risks in their portfolios.

• Swedish pension fund to reduce fossil fuel exposure in emerging markets

  08 October 2013

  One of Sweden's largest pension funds is to invest in a new low-carbon equity fund to lower its emissions and fossil fuel exposure in emerging markets.

• Schroders launches fund to invest in cat bonds

  08 October 2013

  Schroders Asset Management has launched a fund to invest in catastrophe (cat) bonds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS).

• Aviva buys UK solar assets from private equity group

  08 October 2013

  Private equity group Zouk Capital has sold an 8.6MW portfolio of residential solar assets to Aviva Investors, the asset management division of insurance giant Aviva. The price was not disclosed.

• Impact investment fund exceeds £100m target

  07 October 2013

  A leading UK impact investment fund has obtained equity commitments of £125 million ($201 million), well above its target of £100 million.

• ICAO agrees aviation emissions plan for 2020 but 'handicaps EU efforts'

  07 October 2013

  The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has agreed to introduce a global market-based mechanism to reduce greenhouse gas emissions beginning in 2020, but has been slammed for restricting regional efforts to do the same.

• Solar fund plans additional £175m investment in UK market

  07 October 2013

  A leading solar energy fund expects soon to invest an additional £175 million ($282 million) in photovoltaic plants in the UK.

• Mangrove carbon project has potential for voluntary market roll-out

  04 October 2013

  A pioneering initiative will fund the protection and restoration of mangrove swamps by issuing voluntary carbon credits.

• Impact investing growth 'held back by investment advisers'

  04 October 2013

  The growth of impact investing is being held back in part by advisers to institutional investors such as pension funds, experts have said.