News

• Forest Capital sells US timberland portfolio

  17 July 2012

  Forest Capital Partners, a timberland investment management organisation (TIMO) based in Portland, Oregon, has sold its 1.88 million acre portfolio to Hancock Timber Resource Group and Molpus Woodlands Group.

• Renewables loan guarantees under threat

  13 July 2012

  The renewable energy sector could lose another financing mechanism if Congress adopts a proposal that would significantly limit the US Department of Energy's (DOE) ability to guarantee loans for promising technologies and projects.

• Bioenergy projects dominate EU innovation funding

  13 July 2012

  Among the five contenders in the lead to receive EU funding for innovative low-carbon energy projects, four are in the bioenergy sector.

• Environmental risk 'intrinsic' to real estate

  13 July 2012

  Property owners have environmental exposures that they may not even be aware of, and such risks should be mitigated through environmental insurance, experts said.

• Sustainability doesn't come for free – Puma chairman

  13 July 2012

  It's a myth that reducing the environmental impacts of most companies can be done without incurring costs and making investments, according to the chairman of sportswear firm Puma.

• UK comes top for energy efficiency

  13 July 2012

  The UK has been ranked first of 12 major economies in terms of energy efficiency, according to a report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

• Failure to address fracking impacts would stifle industry's growth – BG

  13 July 2012

  The direct environmental impacts of fracking are relatively cheap to address – but a failure to do so would "severely limit" the industry's growth, even in the US, according to the chairman of BG Group.

• EU's energy efficiency policy lacking, say investors

  12 July 2012

  Financing energy efficiency improvements in Europe's building stock will be difficult under the current EU regulatory framework, according to a group of institutional investors.

• Incentives, not morality, needed to drive sustainable investment

  12 July 2012

  Better economic incentives, rather than ethical considerations, are needed to encourage investment in a more sustainable economy, according to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.

• Sustainable investment produces 15% outperformance – study

  12 July 2012

  Putting money into sustainable companies between 2005 and 2011 would have yielded a return on investment 15% higher than investing in a benchmark index, according to a study by Oekom Research.