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  • Improved Markit registry doubles users, helped by Gold Standard

    17 December 2013

    Markit has enhanced its online registry for carbon credits in a move it believes will give a welcome boost to liquidity in the voluntary markets.

  • People moves

    16 December 2013

    The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including appointments at the International Corporate Governance Network, Mainstream Renewable Power, Sustainable Development Capital and more

  • Impact investments not a true asset class, says investment advisor

    16 December 2013

    Institutional investors should consider impact investments on an opportunistic basis, rather than as an asset class with a specific allocation target, says US advisory firm Cambridge Associates.

  • Alceda, ECPI launch sustainability fund

    16 December 2013

    Alceda Fund Management has partnered with ECPI, a Milan-based provider of sustainability research, ratings and indexes, to launch the ECPI Sustainable Megatrend fund.

  • Solar fund to make first investment

    16 December 2013

    A recently formed solar photovoltaic (PV) asset management business expects to make its first investment this week, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • From insights to action on climate impact

    A growing number of businesses, from a range of sectors, are discovering the many benefits of making their operations climate neutral, says Nadine Planzer, Carbon Portfolio Manager of the Climate Neutral Group

  • Solarstrom files for insolvency

    13 December 2013

    German project developer Solarstrom has filed for insolvency after a series of delays to payments it was expecting rendered it unable to meet near-term liabilities, including paying the interest on a bond.

  • US Ex-Im Bank ditches most coal-fired power plants

    13 December 2013

    The US Export-Import Bank has become the latest financial institution to pull out of funding coal-fired power plants, committing to only fund the technology in the world's poorest countries.

  • Impax renewables fund more than 60% committed after new investments

    13 December 2013

    Impax's second investment fund has announced new investments in renewable energy in Italy, Germany, Finland and Ireland.

  • Six Danish investors leave PRI, blaming governance issues

    13 December 2013

    Six Danish pension funds have exited the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), accusing the organisation of not meeting "basic requirements for good corporate governance".