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  • Private solar trading platform launched

    05 June 2013

    An online solar photovoltaic marketplace has launched a new private trading platform for utility-scale projects.

  • Natural capital roadmap launched

    04 June 2013

    An initiative to help companies in the financial sector account for natural capital has launched a roadmap, marking the start of a new phase in its development.

  • OECD helping Puma with environmental accounting drive

    04 June 2013

    The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has joined Puma in its push to encourage more companies to adopt the sportswear firm's method of pricing its environmental impact.

  • New head for European Environment Agency

    04 June 2013

    The European Environment Agency, which provides information to policymakers in the European Commission and its member states, has appointed a new executive director.

  • Airlines up the pressure on governments over emissions

    04 June 2013

    A body representing the majority of global airlines has thrown its weight behind calls for a market-based mechanism to control the sector's emissions, boosting hopes that governments will also back such a move.

  • Burmese opportunities

    04 June 2013

    As Myanmar opens for foreign investment, the opportunity to pursue a sustainable development pathway is within reach – if the climate finance flows can be achieved. Joshua Speckman looks at the opportunities for investors, and finds they are abundant

  • Bank sells carbon firm

    03 June 2013

    A US investment bank has sold its carbon offset development firm, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Playing the long game

    03 June 2013

    ING's Stephen Hibbert talks to Peter Cripps about the enormous potential of energy efficiency, and how he is positioning the bank to take full advantage when the market finally scales up.

  • Australian renewables firm to issue retail bond

    03 June 2013

    An Australian company has launched a bond to fund renewable energy projects.

  • Senior weather risk appointment made

    03 June 2013

    A subsidiary of OTC Global Holdings has hired a new weather markets director.