News

• Investment rebounds, but remains anaemic

  01 July 2009

  Investment in clean energy and in clean-technology venture capital rebounded in the second quarter from the dismal levels of the first three months of the year, but remains below earlier highs, according to analysts.

• VAT fraud fears roil carbon market

  01 July 2009

  Suspicions of value-added tax (VAT) fraud in the EU emissions market triggered a dramatic drop-off in trading volumes and prompted the French and Dutch governments to change their taxation policies.

• EcoSecurities bidding war fails to ignite

  01 July 2009

  A bidding war for London-listed carbon project developer EcoSecurities has failed to take off, with the two competitors instead joining forces.

• UK government faces judicial review over sustainability at RBS

  01 July 2009

  Three environmental NGOs have taken legal action against the UK government over its decision to bail out RBS without imposing environmental criteria on the bank's financing practices. This comes as a European investor coalition put forward proposals for governments to become more active shareholders in the banks they took stakes in as the financial crisis hit last year.

• Wheb launches sister asset manager

  01 July 2009

  Wheb Ventures has launched a sister company to invest in listed equities set to benefit from their exposure to three 'megatrends' – water, climate change and demographic change.

• New indexes to track green commodities, sustainability leaders

  01 July 2009

  Four index providers have announced new products focused on environmental commodities and companies that address environmental issues or show class-leading efforts on sustainability reporting.

• DB funds to invest in low-emission companies

  01 July 2009

  Deutsche Bank has launched two global equity funds offering exposure to companies with low greenhouse gas emissions.

• Bache launches biofuels and climate change index

  01 July 2009

  Trader and broker Bache Commodities yesterday launched a "green" investment and benchmarking index based on biofuels feedstocks and "clean air" commodities including carbon emissions credits.

• Export credit agencies pull out of Ilisu project – report

  25 June 2009

  Germany, Austria and Switzerland are to withdraw their export credit guarantees for Turkey's Ilisu dam project, jeopardising the project's future, according to a report last Friday from the German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau.

• Wheb's new fund sees opportunity in valuations

  25 June 2009

  Wheb Ventures has launched a sister company to invest in listed equities set to benefit from their exposure to three 'megatrends' – water, climate change and demographic change.