News

  • Asset manager buys EIB's biggest SEK green bond of 2013

    19 July 2013

    The European Investment Bank has issued its biggest Swedish kronor-denominated green bond of 2013, with a Scandinavian asset manager the single buyer.

  • Green Deal Finance Company to woo institutional investors

    18 July 2013

    The company that provides loans under the UK's Green Deal domestic energy efficiency programme hopes to raise funds from institutional investors in a year, it said today.

  • Ryanair tops list of airline emitters in EU carbon market

    18 July 2013

    Ryanair, Lufthansa and easyJet were the biggest emitters of carbon dioxide among airlines within the EU Emissions Trading System in 2012, according to Carbon Market Data.

  • Bullish outlook for energy storage, say analysts

    17 July 2013

    Increasing power generation from wind farms and solar panels coupled, in many countries, with high electricity prices and declining feed-in tariffs, will trigger a five-fold increase in demand for energy storage systems by 2020, analysts predict.

  • UK's Green Investment Bank toasts whisky deal

    17 July 2013

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) contributed to a £1.2 million ($1.8 million) investment that will allow a Scottish whisky distillery to install a biomass boiler.

  • KKR aims to apply ESG across entire business

    17 July 2013

    Private equity giant KKR has pledged to ramp up its focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in coming months, and aims to expand the initiative across the breadth of its business.

  • Boston Common hires from EIRIS

    17 July 2013

    Lisa Hayles is leaving EIRIS, the UK-based provider of research on environmental, social and governance issues for the investment community, to join Boston Common Asset Management as a client portfolio manager.

  • Markit registry adds UK forest carbon credits

    16 July 2013

    Markit Group has started providing registry services for the UK's Woodland Carbon Code.

  • Investors demand review into climate change and resource depletion

    16 July 2013

    An alliance of investors has demanded the launch of an inquiry into why the UK Treasury scrapped plans for a review of the impact of resource depletion and climate change on growth prospects.

  • Spain deals '€1.35bn' blow to renewables firms

    15 July 2013

    Spain's latest planned subsidy cuts will cost the renewables sector €1.35 billion ($1.8 billion), according to a research note.