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  • Investors struggle to compare non-financial reporting, survey finds

    23 August 2013

    Investors are struggling to compare the "inadequate" non-financial information released by European companies, a survey has found.

  • Carbon a battleground in Australian election

    23 August 2013

    Climate policy will once again be in the spotlight in Australia's looming election. Erwin Jackson analyses the two main parties' approaches to reducing emissions

  • California carbon allowances for 2016 sell out for the first time

    22 August 2013

    California's latest auction of 2016 carbon allowances has for the first time been oversubscribed, in a sign of confidence in the future of the state's carbon trading system.

  • UK commissions research into renewables policy risk

    20 August 2013

    The UK government is to commission a study into how best to combat the policy risk that suppresses investment in renewable energy, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Turning trash into cash

    19 August 2013

    Investment in waste-to-energy projects has been stifled by perceived risks. But there are signs that the maturing sector is starting to become increasingly attractive. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports

  • Impact investing 'to go mainstream in 10 years'

    16 August 2013

    Impact investing is set to grow rapidly and could be a mainstream investment practice in the UK in ten years' time, a group of experts have argued.

  • Global offshore wind market set for 32% annual growth, driven by UK

    15 August 2013

    Offshore wind power capacity will grow significantly over the next seven years, driven by installations in the UK, according to a report.

  • Building bridges

    15 August 2013

    Linking the raft of emissions trading systems springing up across the globe is an important step towards forging a worldwide carbon market. But if not implemented correctly, the process could undermine emission reduction efforts, warn Claudia Gibis and Alexandra Zirkel.

  • Danish pension fund invests in 'one of the last' UK power-only biomass projects

    14 August 2013

    A Danish joint venture has acquired a UK-based biomass plant from its developer, which warned the project could be one of the last power-only biomass stations to be built in the country because of a recent policy change.

  • Agriculture assets at 'significant risk' of becoming devalued – report

    09 August 2013

    Climate change could cause assets in the agriculture sector to become 'stranded', a report has claimed, warning that an extreme loss of natural capital could result in $11.2 trillion being wiped off the value of agriculture assets in one year.