Analysis

• EIB to ramp up energy efficiency lending

  08 October 2013

  The first review of the European Investment Bank's energy lending policy for six years will allow it to boost lending to energy efficiency projects. Its head of environmental lending, Jonathan Taylor, spoke to Peter Cripps

• Building sustainable finance in Nigeria

  04 October 2013

  Independent adviser and former development bank employee Monika Veric gives her perspective on Nigeria's journey towards sustainability

• People moves, late September

  01 October 2013

  The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including appointments at J. Safra Sarasin, Standard Life Investments, Allianz Global Investors, F&C Investments, Carbon Capture and Storage Association and more

• Counting the cost

  26 September 2013

  Accurately reporting sustainability metrics can seem overwhelming to companies. But with the data becoming increasingly important to investors, it's a challenge that firms must get to grips with, argues Chet Chaffee

• Renewables: a hotspot for the weather risk market

  23 September 2013

  Requests for weather risk products from renewable energy developers and investors are mounting, providing market participants with long sought-after new demand. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports

• Mobilising renewables investment in uncertain times

  18 September 2013

  Initiatives are underway to boost investments in European renewable energy, but the vast amount of private capital needed to transition the EU to a low-carbon economy must be unlocked by stronger policies, argues Stephanie Pfeifer

• People moves, early September

  16 September 2013

  The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including appointments at Triodos Investment Management, Turquoise International, the Principles for Responsible Investment, Climate Strategies and more

• Stranded assets: approaching a tipping point?

  16 September 2013

  The concept of 'unburnable carbon' is still relatively new, but there are encouraging signs that fossil fuel-based companies are starting to pay attention, argues Julie Gorte

• Who should finance CCS?

  10 September 2013

  The NER300 mechanism within the EU Emissions Trading System has failed in its goal of financing carbon capture and storage. It would be better to put the obligation on fossil fuel suppliers rather than the power generators, says Ian Temperton

• Uncertainty Down Under

  09 September 2013

  Investors and developers active in Australia's low-carbon sectors are facing months of uncertainty about how the new Coalition government's climate policy overhaul will affect them. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports