Archive

  • Paris targets and green infrastructure will be focus of Green Bonds conference

    08 June 2016

    A slew of recent green bonds to finance water, transport and grid connection projects highlights the growing demand for climate-friendly infrastructure.

  • $2bn committed to conservation in US

    09 March 2016

    Private companies were among a raft of organisations to announce more than $2 billion of investments to protect land, water and wildlife in the US.

  • White House announces more than $4bn clean energy initiative

    17 June 2015

    More than $4 billion in private sector commitments have been pledged to the White House's Clean Energy Initiative at its climate change summit.

  • Eurosif proposes sustainability as 6th pillar of EU Capital Markets Union

    13 May 2015

    Sustainability should be added to the proposed principals behind the EU's Capital Markets Union (CMU) initiative.

  • IIGCC appoints Schoenberg as head of EU policy

    05 May 2015

    Martin Schoenberg has been appointed as head of EU policy at the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).

  • Standard Bank closes London carbon desk

    16 April 2015

    Standard Bank has closed its award-winning carbon desk in London.

  • Bunge pulls plug on Climate Change Capital, James Cameron steps down

    10 April 2015

    US agribusiness Bunge is planning to scale down its asset management activities, which are largely held in its subsidiary Climate Change Capital (CCC).

  • UK's Green Investment Bank eyes overseas projects

    25 March 2015

    The UK's pioneering Green Investment Bank (GIB) is to undertake a £200 million ($297 million) pilot programme of international investments.

  • Climate Change Capital spins out private equity arm

    06 March 2015

    Climate Change Capital (CCC) is spinning out its €200 million ($221 million) private equity arm into a standalone venture.

  • The EC's plan to unify capital markets can help address climate change

    19 February 2015

    The European Commission's plan to unify capital markets announced this week can benefit renewables and energy efficiency firms, argues Martin Schoenberg