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Beijing and Shanghai launch pilot carbon markets
29 November 2013Beijing and Shanghai have launched pilot emissions trading systems (ETSs) this week, marking the latest effort by China to develop the world's largest carbon market.
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Financial close reached for £760m UK waste-to-energy plant
28 November 2013A UK resource management company and its investment partners have signed a £760 million ($1.2 billion) contract with a waste authority for a waste-to-energy project.
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COP Blog: Follow the money
19 November 2013Before this year's Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN climate convention got underway, the Warsaw meeting was being widely referred to as 'the finance COP'
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Indian hero Tendulkar to bat for solar
18 November 2013India's cricket hero Sachin Tendulkar, who retired from the game on Saturday, is to focus on providing solar powered lighting to remote communities in his home nation.
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People moves
15 November 2013The latest people moves in the environmental markets, covering companies including Terra Firma, Deutsche Bank, Climate Change Capital, the Global Reporting Initiative and more
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A licence to list?
14 November 2013There has been a welcome increase in the number of renewables firms launching IPOs in 2013. But is this promising spate of activity a sign that investor confidence in the sector is finally growing, or will it prove a false dawn, asks Peter Cripps
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Norway's $800bn 'oil fund' faces calls to change structure and divest from coal
12 November 2013Norway's $800 billion 'oil fund' could face a major shake-up of the way it implements its responsible investment strategy after a report recommended that politicians leave decisions on divestments to the country's central bank.
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Sustainability heavyweight
05 November 2013With its ambitious targets to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, waste and water use, Unilever is widely seen as a sustainability champion. Its CEO Paul Polman tells Peter Cripps how its efforts to tackle environmental problems have helped drive its growth
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Trading Emissions sees NAV halve as sell-off continues
04 November 2013Trading Emissions plc (TEP), an investment fund specialising in environmental assets and carbon credits, saw its net asset value fall to £75.1 million ($119.8 million) from £157.3 million during its financial year ending 30 June.
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People moves
04 November 2013The latest people moves in the environmental markets, covering companies including the World Bank, Aberdeen Asset Management, Principles for Responsible Investment, Sindicatum, E.On, PwC and more