May 5th, 2010 News Headlines: › UK pension funds and managers seriously split on annual corporate board elections › Storebrand names acting CEO, excludes 90 firms › European Investment Bank issues latest green bonds Click here to read the newsletter.
GRI May Newsletter
Latest News Register now for the 2010 GRI conference – only 2 weeks left for online registration! Online registrations for GRI’s 3rd Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency, 26-28 May 2010, will close on 19 May 2010 at midnight CET. More… Click here to read the newsletter.
Round Up: EU; Citi; Trillium; Hermes; SEC; Rabo; PRI; Kempen; Towers Watson
May 6th, 2010 News Round Up:RI round up: May 6 RI’s regular round-up of the most important responsible investment news EU Green Paper on pay – Citigroup joins Global Compact – South Korean sustainability – Australia’s Visionsuper & Equipsuper – Trillium assets target – Hermes backs WHEB – SolarField launch …
NewNet Clean Energy Investor Newsletter
7 May 2010 DEALS NEWS… Solon doubles its share of Greek solar market Global special tools manufacturer Hilti agrees to acquire US solar mounting specialist Unirac International Battery raises $35m to develop lithium-ion technology Click here to read the newsletter.
Inside Cleantech: France’s cleantech tipping point
Managing cleantech IP in China report » New energy efficiency report » 1Q10 cleantech investment review » The Cleantech Group provides research, events and advisory services to the cleantech sector. Learn More » May 6, 2010
Private equity firms ready to adopt ESG principles: Ethos survey
May 7th, 2010 News Headlines: › Private equity firms ready to adopt ESG principles: Ethos survey › RiskMetrics says ISS sales surge on ESG demand › UBS funds arm bans mines and cluster munitions companies › Investor coalition calls for clean energy shift after BP Deepwater disaster Click here to …
International Solar News – May 7, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010 Quick Take: First Solar’s Acquisition of Nextlight Increased utility-scale pipeline dominance and a marked difference between the downstream strategies of First Solar and SunPower. This morning, First Solar announced the acquisition of Nextlight Renewable Power, LLC for about $285 million. In doing so, it combined the …
Seeking Alpha: Clean-Tech Venture Investments Jump 68% in First Quarter
Venture capitalists invested $733.3 million in the clean technology sector in the first quarter of 2010, a 68% increase from the first quarter of last year, according to data released by Dow Jones VentureSource. Read more…
WRI Digest: Development Banks and Sustainable Energy
Development Banks and Sustainable Energy Governments around the world are struggling to mitigate dangerous climate change while securing the energy they need to sustain economic development. The need to direct future investment to meet the world’s energy needs away from polluting fossil fuels, and into more sustainable, low-carbon options has …
Business As Usual on Fat-Finger Friday
Wow, we are sinking to new levels of idiocy now. The MSM would have you believe that the tremendous sell-off in the markets was just a trading error. If it was a trading error, then these markets SUCK! Are you telling me we put TRILLIONS of dollars, including our retirement …