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  • Nepal's first PoA provides 150,000 cookstoves

    03 April 2014

    The first programmatic Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project in Nepal has been launched this week and will provide energy efficient cookstoves to 150,000 households.

  • Most large investors use corporate ESG data, says EY

    03 April 2014

    Nine-out-of-ten institutional investors say environmental, social and governance (ESG) data played a pivotal role in their decision making at least once in the previous 12 months, according to a survey by consultancy EY.

  • Debt agreement inked for 'world's largest' geothermal project

    02 April 2014

    A geothermal development believed to be the world's largest secured $1.17 billion in debt from eight banks this week, in a move that could "open the floodgates" for further projects using the technology in Indonesia.

  • Energy efficiency market '1.5 times bigger than renewables', report claims

    02 April 2014

    The market for energy efficiency investments is worth an estimated $365 billion, making it bigger than the equivalent spending on renewables, according to a new report.

  • Wider pool of investors likely for solar assets, says McKinsey

    02 April 2014

    As the number of solar energy installations continues to increase, new financing options are emerging that will attract a broader range of investors to the sector, according to consultants McKinsey & Co.

  • Kepler Cheuvreux hires former Deutsche Bank carbon analyst

    01 April 2014

    Former Deutsche Bank carbon analyst Mark Lewis has been appointed as a senior member of brokerage Kepler Cheuvreux's sustainability research team.

  • Exxon disappoints investors with response to 'stranded assets' risk

    01 April 2014

    ExxonMobil has rejected the suggestion from several investor groups that much of its fossil-fuel reserves will be rendered 'unburnable', as a result of global efforts to combat climate change.

  • Deals of the Year Awards

    01 April 2014

    Revealed: the winners of Environmental Finance's 7th annual Deals of the Year Awards

  • Record breaking quarter for green bonds boosted by corporate issues

    01 April 2014

    The green bond market broke fresh records for issuance in the first quarter of 2014, with corporate issues nearly matching those of development banks.

  • Pax World launches new ESG fund

    01 April 2014

    Sustainable asset manager Pax World has launched a new passively-managed fund that seeks to emulate the returns from an MSCI environmental, social and governance index.