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Reasons for hope?
24 June 2013On the face of it, there's plenty to be pessimistic about in the environmental markets at the moment.
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Green Climate Fund makes private sector appointment
21 June 2013The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has appointed a private sector representative ahead of its upcoming meeting, where observers hope significant progress on establishing the fund's business model will be made.
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Private sector profit 'hinges on climate change adaption' – report
21 June 2013The future profitability of corporations will increasingly hinge on their adaptation to climate change, a report has warned, suggesting sector-specific opportunities companies should seize to manage climate-related risks.
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Can green bonds go mainstream?
20 June 2013The green bond market is on the march after the first billion-dollar issuance, but what is needed for the fledgling asset class to break into the mainstream, asks Elza Holmstedt Pell
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'First European renewables fund exit' delivers 40% return
20 June 2013An investment firm has become the first in Europe to exit a renewable energy fund, it claimed, after it sold the remainder of the fund's wind assets and secured an overall internal rate of return of more than 40%.
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China-US HFC deal could be 'huge' for carbon markets – Newcombe
20 June 2013China's pledge to 'phase down' a group of potent greenhouse gases that had not been covered under the Montreal Protocol has potentially "huge" implications for carbon trading, according to one of the market's pioneers.
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Danish pension fund to invest $200m in US offshore wind farm
19 June 2013A Danish pension fund has pledged to provide financing for a planned offshore wind farm in the US, the first public funding commitment to the project.
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Swiss Re stops 23 transactions on ESG grounds
19 June 2013Swiss Re's latest corporate responsibility report has revealed the firm barred 23 deals last year on the grounds that they did not meet its sustainability risk framework.
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Non-toxic investments
19 June 2013Investors need to raise more questions about the financial risks arising from hazardous chemicals produced and used by a range of companies, says Sonja Haider
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Water + emerging markets = 'tremendous opportunity', calculates asset manager
19 June 2013Water treatment and water infrastructure companies active in emerging markets are a significant investment opportunity, according to an asset manager, as it revealed particularly attractive sub-sectors and stocks.