News

  • South-east Asia clean energy fund raises $130m

    29 August 2013

    A clean energy fund has raised $130 million to invest in small-scale renewable energy and resource efficiency in South-east Asia.

  • New system for reporting social benefits of carbon projects

    28 August 2013

    A project developer and a company that buys some of its offsets have devised a new way of measuring the social benefits created by their partnership.

  • UK, Japan 'increasingly attractive' to renewables investors

    28 August 2013

    The UK and Japan have climbed in Ernst & Young's attractiveness index for renewable energy investment, while Australia and India slipped down the rankings in the past quarter.

  • NY State lawmakers propose $5bn environmental bond act

    27 August 2013

    Two New York policy-makers have proposed an environmental bond act to allow the state to borrow $5 billion.

  • Former Goldman Sachs analyst to launch research firm

    27 August 2013

    The former head of Goldman Sachs' GS Sustain equity research team is launching a boutique agency focusing on long-term investment opportunities, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Terra Firma makes progress with $3bn renewables fund – FT

    27 August 2013

    Private equity giant Terra Firma has begun fundraising for its $3 billion renewable energy fund, which has reportedly been planned since last year, according to the Financial Times.

  • Investors struggle to compare non-financial reporting, survey finds

    23 August 2013

    Investors are struggling to compare the "inadequate" non-financial information released by European companies, a survey has found.

  • SunEdison spins off semiconductor business to focus on solar

    23 August 2013

    SunEdison, a US solar and semiconductor developer, has announced it will spin off its semiconductor business in an initial public offering (IPO) and use the proceeds to finance its solar business.

  • Biomass generators told: prove sustainability or lose subsidies

    22 August 2013

    UK biomass-fired power generators will be forced to prove their fuel is sourced according to sustainability standards or lose their subsidies, under rules announced today.

  • Clean-tech fund slashes target after raising more than $650m

    22 August 2013

    A US clean-tech fund formed in partnership with George Soros has raised $653 million, according to a recent filing which also confirmed reports that the fund's target has been lowered by $500 million.