News

• More companies report forest footprint, but investors question materiality

  30 January 2013

  The number of companies that reported to the Forest Footprint Disclosure (FFD) programme hit 100 for the first time last year, although some investors are still struggling to see how the issue impacts profits.

• Yingli becomes first Chinese company to set renewable energy target

  30 January 2013

  Yingli Green Energy has joined WWF's Climate Savers programme, becoming the first Chinese company to set a renewable electricity consumption target.

• SocGen tips renewables but warns of volatility

  29 January 2013

  Falling technology costs could help renewables become "the next growth engine for economies", according to analysts at Société Générale who have tipped the sector as one of their top picks over the next three years.

• Renewables M&A activity to rise this year – PwC

  29 January 2013

  Renewables mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity is set to rise in 2013, continuing the increase in deal flow seen in the last quarter of 2012, PwC expects.

• Brazil, Chile and Mexico to lead Latin America solar market

  29 January 2013

  Brazil, Chile and Mexico stand out as the most promising solar markets in Latin America because they have high electricity prices, supportive government policies and available project finance, according to a report by GTM Research.

• RWE links up with IUCN on biodiversity

  29 January 2013

  Germany's leading power producer RWE has signed a three-year agreement on biodiversity management with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

• Terra Firma trims renewables fundraising plans to $3bn – FT

  28 January 2013

  Terra Firma has lowered its target for a planned renewable energy infrastructure fund to $3 billion, following the failure of talks with China Development Bank (CBD), the Financial Times has reported.

• SRI investments account for more than a fifth of global assets – report

  28 January 2013

  More than one fifth of all assets under management globally are managed to address environmental, social or governance (ESG) concerns, according to the newly launched Global Sustainable Investment Alliance.

• 'Unburnable reserves' could see oil and gas shares slump, say sector analysts

  28 January 2013

  European energy companies would see their market capitalisation slashed by as much as half under a 'low-carbon' scenario, according to oil and gas analysts at HSBC who have carried out research into the value at risk from 'unburnable' carbon reserves.

• EPA's bid to rescue US SO2 and NOx markets dealt fresh blow

  28 January 2013

  The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to abandon attempts to rescue the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) after its petition to rehear a ruling invalidating the programme was rejected.