News

  • Private solar trading platform launched

    05 June 2013

    An online solar photovoltaic marketplace has launched a new private trading platform for utility-scale projects.

  • Natural capital roadmap launched

    04 June 2013

    An initiative to help companies in the financial sector account for natural capital has launched a roadmap, marking the start of a new phase in its development.

  • OECD helping Puma with environmental accounting drive

    04 June 2013

    The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has joined Puma in its push to encourage more companies to adopt the sportswear firm's method of pricing its environmental impact.

  • New head for European Environment Agency

    04 June 2013

    The European Environment Agency, which provides information to policymakers in the European Commission and its member states, has appointed a new executive director.

  • Airlines up the pressure on governments over emissions

    04 June 2013

    A body representing the majority of global airlines has thrown its weight behind calls for a market-based mechanism to control the sector's emissions, boosting hopes that governments will also back such a move.

  • Bank sells carbon firm

    03 June 2013

    A US investment bank has sold its carbon offset development firm, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Australian renewables firm to issue retail bond

    03 June 2013

    An Australian company has launched a bond to fund renewable energy projects.

  • Senior weather risk appointment made

    03 June 2013

    A subsidiary of OTC Global Holdings has hired a new weather markets director.

  • Figueres: Carbon a 'second-rate asset'

    30 May 2013

    UN climate chief Christiana Figueres has called for climate finance and emissions reduction ambitions to be scaled up in order to transform carbon from a "second-rate asset".

  • Bluefield plans £150m solar PV fund float

    30 May 2013

    A UK solar PV investment fund has announced plans to raise £150 million ($228 million) in a stock market listing.