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Sustainable investment produces 15% outperformance – study
12 July 2012Putting money into sustainable companies between 2005 and 2011 would have yielded a return on investment 15% higher than investing in a benchmark index, according to a study by Oekom Research.
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Subsidy reform, not carbon prices, first step to decarbonisation
12 July 2012Slashing subsidies on fossil fuels is likely to be the best first step to encourage the switch to low-carbon energy systems, given the problems in imposing carbon pricing, according to experts.
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Solar PV fund reaches $282m close
12 July 2012Swiss asset manager Capital Dynamics has raised $282 million into its US solar energy project fund.
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Project finance drives 24% quarterly rise in clean energy investments
12 July 2012Clean energy asset financing rebounded strongly in the second quarter of 2012, while equity financing remained subdued, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).
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Insurers target US mid-size solar developments
12 July 2012Specialty insurer Assurant and GCube Insurance Services are hoping to spur more solar energy development in the US by offering developers of mid-size projects a new insurance product to help them address challenging risks.
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Commission confirms CO2 limits for cars, vans in 2020
12 July 2012The European Commission on Wednesday ended months of speculation over carbon dioxide (CO2) emission limits for cars and vans in 2020 by confirming targets already floated in existing legislation.
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Water trading helped Australian economic recovery
11 July 2012Water trading has yielded significant economic benefits in Australia and helped speed the recovery of the agricultural sector after the 'Millennium Drought' of 1997 – 2009, according to the head of the country's water authority.
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Shareholders make Apple, Colgate, Dell act on sustainability
10 July 2012Shareholder resolutions have spurred companies to made commitments to tackle environmental and social risks in their operations and supply chains in 44 out of 108 cases tracked by Ceres in 2012.
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Cat bond issuance surges as investors pile in
10 July 2012About $3.45 billion-worth of natural catastrophe (nat cat) bonds were issued in the first six months of 2012 – the most active first half since 2007, according to Swiss Re.
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SunEdison sells 98MW of European solar projects
10 July 2012US solar developer SunEdison has closed three transactions selling European solar energy projects totalling 98MW of photovoltaic (PV) capacity.