Technology-focused venture capital firm Index Ventures raises €350m fund, turns attention to cleantech Solar energy companies cutting costs to make solar power competitive with grid, according to a new report Solar power company Enfinity receives €50m from European private equity group Waterland Click to read the full newsletter… Dead Set …
CSE North America launched at the Oscars with GAEA climate neutral olive oil
We congratulate our partner, the Center For Sustainability and Excellence, on the launch of its North American division. – Editor I, Robot download download missing in america online One of the most innovative clients of the Centre for Sustainability & Excellence (CSE), GAEA, took advantage of the ecological character of …
Climate threat to insurance sector – EFP Online News
News Climate change raises spectre of insurance market failure 26 February: Climate change increases the possibility of the failure of insurance markets, according to a Chartered Insurance Institute report, which cites the need for better measures of market robustness. More… Carbon market value set to shrink in ’09 (from Carbon …
PRI Board statement on financial crisis
Responsible investment is an important part of the response We are facing the largest financial crisis in a generation. While few predicted the extent, we, as investors, need to accept our share of responsibility, as we are the owners of the financial institutions whose practices led to the crisis, and …
Weekly Stock Monitor: 27 February 2009
Pharmaceuticals Genentech’s Psoriasis Drug Linked to 3 Deaths Innovest maintains Genentech’s AAA rating despite suspension of Raptiva sales in the US and EU. On Thursday biotech giant Genentech was ordered by US and EU regulators to suspend sales of its psoriasis drug Raptiva.
Policy Innovations: Peer-to-peer finance, Nationalize insolvent banks; VIDEO: Marine sanctuaries, Plastic ocean pollution
February 27, 2009 INNOVATIONS: Peer-to-Peer Finance: A Flight to Simplicity By Chris Cook Since bank capital will likely be further depleted as the credit crunch spreads into the productive economy, peer-to-peer finance offers a solution from an entirely unexpected direction.
World Future Council Newsletter March 2009
Today, the World Future Council can celebrate a significant success of its climate and energy work: from March 1st, customers of Gainesville Regional Utilities in Florida are the first in the US to benefit from a Feed-In Tariff law promoting renewable energy. Ed Regan, Assistant General Manager at Gainesville Regional …
ToYou from NewEnergyNews: March 2, 2009
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VISIBLE STRATEGIES BRINGS AWARD-WINNING ENVIRONMENTALIST LESTER BROWN'S "PLAN B 3.0" TO LIFE ON SCREEN USING SEE-ITTM
Visually experience the plan to save civilization with three clicks of a mouse button VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA February 26, 2009 –/WORLD-WIRE/–Today Visible Strategies, provider of the world’s most visually engaging performance management and communications software, and the Earth Policy Institute, a research organization in Washington, D.C., announced the public launch …
Sustainability disclosure guidance is on the way for media industry
25 February 2009 Amsterdam Media sector sustainability reporting guidance will soon be in development, coordinated through a new innovative partnership between The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), AVINA Foundation Colombia, Ibero-American New Journalism Foundation (FNPI), and The Program of Journalism Studies of the Javeriana University. Research carried out by these organizations …