Archive

  • Putting the structures in place

    01 September 2009

    A growing carbon market will see an increasing number of carbon funds bringing together capital and carbon assets. Michael Tannenbaum and Scott Furman consider how they are being structured

  • Shining a light

    01 September 2009

    It's been an uphill struggle, but the US Securities and Exchange Commission is finally giving serious consideration to ESG disclosure, says Lisa Woll

  • Tracking the indexes

    01 September 2009

    Developing countries will bear the brunt of climate change – and have an urgent need for risk management tools. Gonzalo Pizarro, Upmanu Lall and Mirey Atallah examine how index-linked insurance could help

  • What is index insurance?

    01 September 2009

    Index insurance is insurance linked to an index, such as rainfall, temperature, humidity or sea surface temperature, rather than actual loss. This approach solves some of the problems that limit the application of traditional insurance in rural parts of developing countries.

  • How to avoid 'rip-offsets'

    01 September 2009

    With carbon offsets likely to be central to any US carbon cap-and-trade system, Kenneth Ivanic suggests what buyers should be looking for

  • A man with a mission

    01 September 2009

    Hajime Watanabe may work for a Japanese investment bank, but his approach to environmental finance looks beyond the bottom line. He talks to Mark Nicholls

  • Khosla closes $250m seed fund

    01 September 2009

    Venture capital firm Khosla Ventures has closed a $250 million clean-tech investment fund, called the Khosla Ventures Seed, with the help of a $60 million commitment from the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS).

  • iii launches 'first' green property fund in Germany

    01 September 2009

    Germany's iii-investments, a subsidiary of HypoVereinsbank, has launched a real estate fund that will focus on investing in sustainable and energy efficient office blocks in Europe.

  • FTSE, HSBC chosen by New York pension fund for green investments

    01 September 2009

    The New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) is to invest $100 million each against the FTSE Environmental Technology 50 and the HSBC Global Climate Change Index, as the first investments under its planned $500 million 'Green Strategic Investment Program' (GSIP).

  • Five firms ejected from PRI

    01 September 2009

    Five financial institutions have been delisted from the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) initiative after failing to file an annual report on how they are integrating environmental, social and corporate governance issues into their investment processes. Meanwhile, one of the largest US pension funds has voluntarily left the UN-backed initiative.