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  • Flurry of UK climate policies a barrier to investors – experts

    06 September 2012

    The UK needs to simplify and streamline its climate and environmental policies in order to attract more green investment, members of the parliament (MPs), the industry and analysts have said.

  • Scrubbed out

    05 September 2012

    Trading in the US emissions markets is unlikely to recover after the DC Circuit Court dealt another dose of uncertainty. Gloria Gonzalez reports

  • Emissions trading, grants and loans to boost US energy efficiency

    04 September 2012

    US government agencies should incentivise industrial energy efficiency through emissions trading, grants and loans, according to a presidential decree.

  • The sustainable agriculture investment opportunity

    04 September 2012

    Demographics and economics are driving the transformation of the global agribusiness sector – offering investors a sustainable investment opportunity. Gabriela Grab Hartmann and Jürgen Siemer explain

  • Solar fund targets UK pension investors

    03 September 2012

    Goldfield Partners has launched a solar energy fund aimed at pension funds and self-invested personal pension (SIPP) investors, with a £50 million ($80 million) target.

  • Few fish farming companies sustainable – Sarasin

    03 September 2012

    Only a handful of stocks in the fish farming sector qualify as sustainable, according to Bank Sarasin, which warns that the industry faces many challenges in order to become sustainable.

  • EDITORIAL: Building in flexibility

    31 August 2012

    In 2007, China overtook the US to become the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide. Could China yet become the world's largest carbon market?

  • Brookfield lines up for Western Wind bid

    31 August 2012

    Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners has acquired a sizeable chunk of the equity of renewable energy developer Western Wind Energy, likely precipitating a bid for the full company, according to an analyst.

  • NIB taps Nordic institutions for $74m environmental bond issue

    31 August 2012

    The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has issued its second environmental bond, raising SEK494 million ($74 million) specifically for investment in a portfolio of environmentally sustainable projects.

  • Private sector finance backing UK low-carbon sector – Green Alliance

    31 August 2012

    Low-carbon projects in the UK are attracting far more private sector investment than carbon-intensive projects, according to a think-tank study which claims the UK is the green financing capital of the world.