News

• Headwinds in store for renewables sector – reports

  13 September 2011

  The renewable energy sector faces growing challenges from global economic instability and expiring or diminished government support in the US and Europe, although the nuclear accident in Japan is a positive development for the industry, according to two new reports.

• FTSE4Good index ejects Pfizer over baby milk marketing

  13 September 2011

  The semi-annual review of companies in the FTSE4Good responsible investment index has added 22 firms and deleted four.

• EU carbon price 'should be €40-60t'

  13 September 2011

  Carbon allowances should cost at least €40 ($54.57) each, according to the long-term fundamentals of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), says analysis firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

• Economic 'permafrost' to hit climate economy – HSBC

  12 September 2011

  Emerging markets will increasingly take the lead in the climate economy, as the global economy enters an era of "economic permafrost", according to HSBC.

• Revamp reporting to avoid next crisis – King

  12 September 2011

  Better reporting by companies will help avert systemic risks such as climate change and the banking crisis, according to Mervyn King.

• Key solar markets hit by falling demand

  09 September 2011

  Conditions in the solar sector are deteriorating because of slack demand in key European markets, advisory and research firm Collins Stewart warned.

• Ex-SocGen duo keep crown in Extel/UKSIF survey

  09 September 2011

  The former heads of the socially responsible investment (SRI) research team at Société Générale, who quit to join Bank of America Securities-Merrill Lynch (BoASML), have retained their position as the leading brokerage team for SRI research in this year's Thomson Reuters Extel/UKSIF survey.

• Carbon project to keep Chernobyl radiation locked up

  08 September 2011

  An NGO is developing an emissions reduction project in Belarus that will restore peatland contaminated by fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear accident.

• EU urged to use to diplomacy in climate, energy policy

  08 September 2011

  The EU should promote low-carbon energy policies in countries outside its borders as part of the bloc's plans to tackle climate change and become less vulnerable to oil shocks, according to the European Commission.

• Pepsi top of the pops, Coke canned in DJSI review

  08 September 2011

  Coca-Cola has been kicked off the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, while rival food and drinks firm PepsiCo Inc was identified as a 'supersector leader'.