News

• Experts warn over green index inflation

  01 April 2010

  Green rankings and indexes measuring sustainability efforts can be useful, sustainability experts said, but the proliferation of these efforts runs the risk of overwhelming consumers and investors with too much, often contradictory, information.

• Co-founder exits EcoSecurities (from Carbon Finance)

  01 April 2010

  Marc Stuart, one of the co-founders of leading project developer EcoSecurities, has left the company.

• MSS launches suite of sustainable forestry funds

  01 April 2010

  MSS Capital has launched three funds that will invest in sustainable forestry.

• Emissions data to show 10% fall – analysts (from Carbon Finance)

  30 March 2010

  Emissions in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) last year were around 10% lower than in 2008, according to carbon market analysts.

• European renewables firms plan billion-euro IPOs

  25 March 2010

  Engyco, the firm seeking to become the first listed utility-scale solar power generator in Europe, has appointed new directors as it bids to raise €1 billion ($1.3 billion) from a listing on the London Stock Exchange.

• Regulation 'no solution' to sustainability reporting drawbacks

  25 March 2010

  Mandatory reporting is not the right solution for shortcomings in voluntary corporate sustainability reports, experts said this week.

• Investor warns on solar industry sustainability

  25 March 2010

  Solar panel manufacturers need to take their environmental responsibilities more seriously, or risk losing public and government support, an investor warned this week.

• Theolia shareholders back restructuring

  25 March 2010

  Embattled renewable energy developer Theolia has won shareholder approval for a financial restructuring involving a rights issue of up to €100 million ($133 million), and renegotiation of a €240 million convertible bond.

• Healthcare victory seen imperiling climate bill (from Carbon Finance)

  25 March 2010

  The hostility surrounding the healthcare debate in the US is expected to complicate efforts by a tri-partisan group of senators to develop a compromise energy and climate bill, observers have warned, but some remain optimistic a deal will be reached this year nonetheless.

• IMF staffers table $100bn/year climate finance plan

  25 March 2010

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published proposals for raising the $100 billion/year called for in the Copenhagen Accord to tackle climate change in developing countries – proposals it says could help forge an international climate change deal.