Archive

  • Five years around the Equator

    01 June 2008

    In terms of their uptake, the Equator Principles have been a runaway success. But what effect have they actually had on how banks manage the social and environmental risks in project finance? Jess McCabe reports

  • India-UK clean energy initiative launched

    01 June 2008

    The Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) has launched an initiative to promote alternative energy development and conservation in India.

  • The disclosure challenge

    01 June 2008

    It's all very well for banks to sign up to the Equator Principles – but how are stakeholders to assess their effectiveness? Esther Garcia consider how banks should report on their implementation

  • Generation raises $683m for climate fund

    01 June 2008

    Generation Investment Management has attracted $683 million into its Climate Solutions Fund – making it one of the largest fund-raisings for a vehicle of its type.

  • The windfall profits debate

    01 June 2008

    Daniel Chartier and Eric Holdsworth reject the argument that free allocation of emission allowances necessarily leads to windfall profits for utilities

  • Strong growth in voluntary market

    01 June 2008

    The voluntary carbon market saw strong growth last year, valued at $331 million – up from $96.7 million in 2006, according to the State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets report produced by information provider Ecosystem Marketplace and consultancy New Carbon Finance.

  • US power firms go on solar spree

    01 May 2008

    US power developers and utilities this month signed a series of solar deals worth billions of dollars, as the firms seek to supply their own customers with solar power and exploit global opportunities.

  • New regulations to boost US wetlands market

    01 May 2008

    The size of the US wetland banking mitigation market is set to treble, following new regulations likely to transform the emerging ecobusiness. On 10 April, the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jointly released regulations that promote wetland mitigation banking while pushing back its competitors.

  • Ceres attacks Wall Street 'inconsistency' on climate change

    01 May 2008

    Mutual fund providers such as Morgan Stanley are "inconsistent" on climate change, voting against shareholder resolutions on global warming, even though they offer products and invest in the opportunities it poses, such as clean energy, according to a report by Ceres.

  • Credit Suisse puts $300m into renewables

    01 May 2008

    Credit Suisse is to commit at least $300 million to make principal investments in renewable energy through private equity firm Hudson Clean Energy Partners.