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Brexit 'to hit air pollution and recycling policy'
27 June 2016The UK's shock decision to leave the EU could lead to a weakening of policies relating to recycling and air pollution.
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Norway's sovereign wealth fund divests 58 companies on environmental grounds
11 March 2016Norway's giant sovereign wealth fund divested from 58 companies last year because they were deemed to pose environmental risks.
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Southern Power Co plans $750m green bond
13 November 2015Southern Power Company is marketing a $750 million green bond, in a transaction set to make it the first US-based utility to tap the market.
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Politicians add to calls for a price on carbon emissions
20 October 2015Leading politicians have come together to support calls for a price on carbon emissions, ahead of the UN's climate change talks in Paris in December.
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Growing the corporate green bond market
16 October 2015The enormous potential of companies to tap the green bond market has yet to be realised. Sophie Robinson-Tillett asks why
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GreenWish secures €15m for African solar fund
27 July 2015African solar investor, GreenWish, has secured €15 million ($16.6 million) at the first close of its €50 million African solar fund.
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Barclays and MSCI launch review of green bond index rules
21 July 2015Barclays and MSCI are calling on players in the green bond market to give their views on the companies' green bond index.
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Engie buys Solairedirect to become France's biggest solar firm
01 July 2015Utility Engie has ramped up its solar operations with the acquisition of Solairedirect.
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Business coalition calls for zero emissions 'well before end of century'
08 June 2015A coalition of businesses and NGOs has written an open letter calling for world leaders to back an ambitious "zero emissions" policy at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21) in December.
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Carbon Tracker report warns utilities of coal death spiral
05 June 2015The Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) has fired another shot across the bows of the coal sector, in a report that warns the utilities reliant on the commodity are trapped in a "death spiral".