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  • Asset manager makes fund family fossil fuel-free

    14 February 2014

    A responsible investment firm has announced that its fund family will be entirely fossil fuel-free, after deciding that natural gas is no longer a responsible investment.

  • Energy efficiency, cities, and the Clean Trillion

    14 February 2014

    $36 trillion in clean energy investment is needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Ten cities are stepping up to the plate and investors are likely to follow, argues Brandon Smithwood

  • Oekom expands as asset managers demand broader ESG research

    14 February 2014

    Sustainability ratings firm Oekom is in the process of hiring nine new analysts, as it expands the universe of companies it covers in response to growing demand from asset managers.

  • DNV pulls out of CDM verification, in 'sign of market collapse'

    13 February 2014

    DNV GL is to stop providing validation and verification services for the Clean Development Mechanism and other international climate change mitigation projects, in a stark sign of the "steady collapse" of the world's only global carbon market.

  • Terra Firma's head of renewables fundraising 'asked to leave'

    13 February 2014

    Terrra Firma head Guy Hands has reportedly shown the door to the executive in charge of raising capital for its planned $2 billion renewables fund.

  • AXA IM to update its ESG framework for sovereign debt

    13 February 2014

    AXA Investment Managers is to update its environmental, social and governance sovereign debt scoring framework.

  • Ventus funds seek additional £20m for UK wind, hydro projects

    12 February 2014

    Two London-based renewable energy funds are seeking to raise an additional £20 million ($33 million) to support small-scale wind and hydroelectric projects in the UK.

  • Ocean power firm's share price soars on plans to develop largest-ever wave project

    12 February 2014

    Ocean Power Technologies' share price jumped 55% yesterday after it signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin to develop the world's largest wave power project.

  • The challenges of financing offshore wind

    11 February 2014

    With utilities struggling to finance offshore wind farms, institutional investors are being asked to step in. What financing challenges are facing the sector and what are the developments helping facilitate cheaper capital, asks Charles Yates

  • UK floods could cost £1bn, says insurer

    11 February 2014

    The cost of damage and disruption caused by extensive flooding across the south and west of the UK this winter could reach £1 billion ($1.6 billion), an insurance specialist has warned.