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  • Climate Bonds Initiative sets up energy efficiency working group

    30 July 2012

    The Climate Bonds Initiative has set up a working group to develop criteria for the certification of energy efficiency-related bonds, and is expecting its solar working group to issue a standard within the next few months.

  • The rising sun?

    30 July 2012

    Japan's new feed-in tariffs promise a solar gold-rush, although the incumbent electric utilities may yet throw up barriers. Joshua Speckman reports

  • Germany, Italy 'good prospects' for SRI growth – Dexia

    27 July 2012

    Germany and Italy could be the next hotspots for growth in socially responsible investment (SRI) in Europe, according to a leading asset manager.

  • Credit Suisse commits $300m to US small-scale solar

    27 July 2012

    Credit Suisse has provided two solar photovoltaic (PV) installers with financing to help them roll out small-scale systems in the US.

  • Sandbag calls for 'carbon-neutral Olympic legacy' from ArcelorMittal

    27 July 2012

    Environmental groups Sandbag and the Low Carbon Community Network (LCCN) have called upon ArcelorMittal to use a fraction of its huge bank of surplus EU allowances (EUAs) to make the Olympics carbon neutral.

  • Decentralised energy projects attract investors

    26 July 2012

    Investors are "queuing up" to put their money into decentralised energy projects, according to one of the UK's leading energy services companies (ESCOs).

  • UK opens consultation on mandatory GHG reporting

    26 July 2012

    The UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has opened a three-month consultation on its planned regulation on mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting.

  • FTSE plans 'resource efficiency supercycle' product push

    26 July 2012

    Index provider FTSE is developing a series of products to help investors understand and profit from the "resource efficiency supercycle", according to the new head of its ESG Service Unit.

  • European corporates see environmental risk rising

    25 July 2012

    Environmental risk is second only to terrorism and political violence as a pressing concern for European business leaders, according to research by global insurance group ACE.

  • UK climate ministry wins battle over onshore wind subsidies

    25 July 2012

    The UK's Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) has succeeded in holding cuts to onshore wind subsidies at 10% – winning a battle with the finance ministry, which wanted deeper cuts.