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E&Y plans UK clean-tech expansion
12 August 2010Ernst and Young (E&Y) is planning a major expansion of its UK clean-tech team, with plans to hire around 300 people in the coming years.
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PetroAlgae seeks to harvest up to $200m from US listing
12 August 2010A US developer of 'micro-crop' technology to harvest algae for biofuels is planning a US initial public offering (IPO), which could raise up to $200 million.
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Ex-Im urged to end "fossil fuel binge", support renewables
12 August 2010NGOs have accused the US Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank of "systematic bias towards financing fossil fuel projects", as the export credit agency prepares to consider backing two giant coal-fired power plants.
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Chinese clean-tech stocks on the rise, says Ambrian
12 August 2010Clean-tech investors should be shifting their allocation of wind and solar companies towards Chinese firms, as growing domestic demand risks marginalising their European peers, according to investment firm Ambrian.
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Cuts may threaten environmental risk data quality – PwC
05 August 2010The quality of 'geo-data', used to map environmental risk in the insurance sector, may be threatened by cost cutting both in business and the public sector, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has warned.
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Gulf spill has 'far reaching' impact on oil company credit – S&P
05 August 2010The oil spill and subsequent suspension of drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico will have a long-term impact on the creditworthiness of oil and gas companies, according to ratings agency Standard & Poors.
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Investors protest Vedanta's environmental record
29 July 2010Growing concern over the environmental and social performance of UK-listed mining firm Vedanta Resources prompted some investors to abstain or oppose resolutions at the company's annual general meeting (AGM) in London this week.
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US faces water supply crisis: study
22 July 2010A new study says climate change will take a "serious toll" on American water supplies in the coming decades, with the group behind the report calling on Congress to pass "meaningful legislation" to reduce global warming pollution.
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Environmental risk policy in the works at Royal Bank of Canada
22 July 2010Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is working on an environmental and social risk policy to cover its corporate banking operations, and hopes to be ready for implementation by November this year.
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A private sector role in REDD+?
22 July 2010Government funding is beginning to flow to help forest nations reduce emissions from deforestation – and prepare for a REDD+ carbon market. But is there any room for the private sector? Steven Bland reports