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Private equity ESG management 'reaches new frontier' – study
10 June 2013Management of environmental, social and governance issues by private equity funds and investors has risen in the past 12 months, a study has found.
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US, China agree deal to cut HFCs
10 June 2013The US and China have agreed a deal to reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbons, a group of potent greenhouse gases found in refrigerants.
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Environmental services firm in €150m buy-out
10 June 2013A multinational environmental solutions company has taken full ownership of a Latin American joint-venture in a €150 million deal.
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Investors braced for further Spanish subsidy cuts
07 June 2013Spain is expected to hit investors with further cuts to subsidies for renewables in a move that threatens to push some firms into default.
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$1.4bn joint venture to be 'Chile's largest renewables provider'
07 June 2013A project developer and a private equity firm have inked a $1.4 billion deal to form a joint venture set to become Chile's largest wind and solar energy provider.
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Australian carbon prices to shrug off EU effect till 2019 – analysts
06 June 2013Australian carbon prices won't mirror those in the EU Emissions Trading System until four years after the programmes link, according to a new analysis.
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Kazakhstan moves on 'green economy' transition
06 June 2013Kazakhstan's environment ministry has been tasked with drawing up a plan to green the country's economy, following the president's approval of the transition.
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Can the EU's 'zombie' carbon market be saved?
06 June 2013The world's largest carbon market has been rendered a "zombie". What are the prospects for recovery in the EU Emissions Trading System? Elza Holmstedt Pell reports
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Allianz's renewable energy investment tops €1.5bn following Google deal
06 June 2013Allianz Capital Partners has acquired a 72MW wind farm in northern Sweden that will supply power to Google's data centre in Finland.
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German energy firm starts clean-tech venture capital unit
06 June 2013One of Germany's leading energy companies has created a venture capital unit to invest in innovative clean technologies.