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RBS launches £200m carbon reduction fund
10 December 2012The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has launched a fund to offer low-cost loans to help UK businesses reduce their emissions and become more energy efficient.
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Doha climate talks extend Kyoto, chart path to 2015 deal
10 December 2012The UN climate talks in Doha ended on Saturday with agreement on a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol as well as a work plan for a new international framework – amid criticism of a lack of urgency from NGOs.
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Business fears over energy and resource costs hit three-year high – PwC
10 December 2012The number of business leaders worried that energy and resource costs pose a threat to growth has hit a three-year high, PwC has suggested.
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Green Investment Bank hires chief risk officer
07 December 2012The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has appointed Peter Knott as chief risk officer.
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Litvack to step down as F&C GSI head
06 December 2012Karina Litvack is to step down as head of governance and sustainable investment (GSI) at asset manager F&C after 15 years in the role.
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Tried and tested
06 December 2012Environmental investing need not be rocket science, Nino Tronchetti Provera of Italian private equity firm Ambienta tells Mark Nicholls
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Risk management increasingly important for investors' ESG efforts – report
06 December 2012An increasing share of European asset owners say the management of long-term risk is their main motivation for incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria when they invest, according to a survey.
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Banking on the environment
06 December 2012Fearing customer pushback, the banking industry has been slow to lead on environmental issues – but, it turns out, its clients are receptive. Mark Nicholls reports from the first Banking in the Environment conference
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Environmental consultancy market hits $26.5bn
06 December 2012The global environmental consultancy market grew to $26.5 billion last year and is forecast to continue increasing at a compound rate of 3.5% a year up to 2016, according to a new study.
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Companies are 'walking dead' as CDM market suffers – Newcombe
06 December 2012An "exodus" of talent has left companies in the carbon sector resembling the "walking dead", veteran carbon trader Ken Newcombe claimed, as he urged politicians to save the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).