Archive

  • Suez completes ­Econergy takeover

    01 November 2008

    Econergy International is to be de-listed, following the completion of its takeover by Suez Energy South America (SESA). On 27 October, the subsidiary of French energy giant Suez announced that its £0.45 ($0.74)/share cash bid, made in June, was "unconditional in all respects", having garnered the support of 98% of shareholders of the Americas-focused renewable energy and carbon project developer.

  • Euronext and BNP index to track low-carbon blue chips

    01 November 2008

    NYSE Euronext and BNP Paribas Asset Management have launched an index tracking blue-chip European companies with the lowest carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in their sector.

  • ESG investor initiatives to merge

    01 November 2008

    The UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is to amalgamate with the Enhanced Analytics Initiative, opening up the latter's research on 'extra-financial issues' to a wider audience.

  • FTSE, KLD join forces

    01 November 2008

    Two leading sustainability index providers – the FTSE Group and KLD Indexes – have entered into a strategic partnership which will include a rebranding exercise early next year. With the exception of the FTSE4Good index family, all the FTSE and KLD indexes in the sustainability space will be relaunched early in 2009 under the 'FTSE KLD' banner.

  • MEPs warn of risk to EU climate package

    01 November 2008

    The Council of Ministers could gut the EU's climate and energy package in its attempt to head off opposition from some member states, leading members of the European Parliament warn.

  • Seeking academic success in sustainability

    01 October 2008

    Alex Roberts and Jennifer Johnson summarise the findings of a recent study into the strategies that lead to success for academic sustainability centres

  • A changing landscape

    01 October 2008

    As multinational corporations and the finance sector increasingly confront the world's environmental challenges, the skillsets they require of their senior executives are changing, says Marc Sanglé-Ferrière

  • Looking out for the ratepayers

    01 October 2008

    Cameron Prell considers how carbon constraints in US power markets are likely to be paid for

  • Clean air jump-start

    01 October 2008

    As the US political system finally gears up to address greenhouse gas emissions, Michael Northrop and David Sassoon argue that the basis for swift federal action is already in place: the Clean Air Act

  • The rise of the sovereigns.

    01 October 2008

    Could the growing influence of sovereign wealth funds increasingly be felt in environmental markets? Jeremy Lovell reports