The Tesla IPO: Gentlemen, Start Your Electric Motors (Updated 8:15AM PST) Will institutional investors back a lossy luxury car vendor? Even one that “will kick the ass of any Ferrari except the Enzo”? Gulf Shrimp Oil-Tainted? Grow Them in the Pacific BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will …
Press Release: IFC and GRI launch ‘Good Practice Note’
IFC and GRI launch Good Practice Note to help companies achieve greater business value through sustainability reporting Washington, D.C., June 24, 2010—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) today announced the launch of a joint publication that aims to make it easier and …
NewNet Clean Energy Investor Newsletter
28 June 2010 DEALS NEWS… Lithium-ion battery developer Boston-Power secures $60m in Series E funding Flat Water gets tri-party deal for Nebraska wind farm Private equity investor Origo Partners takes stake in plastic recycler Jinan Eco-Energy Technology IFC partners with NDB Bank to aid financing of Sri Lankan renewable energy …
FTSE names Unilever best for UK carbon management
June 29th, 2010 RI News Alert: › ESG USA conference report: “To BP or not to BP?” › What have asset managers learnt from the BP disaster? ESG Headlines from IPE.com: › G20 leaders should strengthen shareholder rights › AP2 study shows decline in number of female executives › Danish …
[Climate Bonds] UK Green Investment Bank Commission report released today
Climate Bonds has posted a new item, ‘UK Green Investment Bank Commission report released today’ Commissioned by the UK Conservative Party, the report outlines the need and proposed risk mitigation role of a new Green Investment Bank, and how it would raise and invest funds. It includes an explanation of …
WIGLEY REPORT URGES GOVERNMENT TO FAST-TRACK GREEN INVESTMENT BANK
+====================================================================+ | WIGLEY REPORT URGES GOVERNMENT TO FAST-TRACK GREEN INVESTMENT BANK | | —————————————————————— | | Financiers recommend rapid cull of green quangos to help fund | | new investment bank | +——————————————————————–+ A group of leading financiers have today urged the government to fast-track the development of its planned …
UK green bonds proposal targets pension funds
June 29th, 2010 RI News Flash: › UK green bonds proposal targets pension funds Click here to read the newsletter.
FUTURIST UPDATE July 2010
FUTURIST UPDATE News & Previews from the World Future Society July 2010 (Vol. 11, No. 7) Read online: www.wfs.org/futuristupdate.htm Pass this newsletter along! FUTURIST UPDATE may be freely shared if forwarded in its entirety. In This Issue: * Supercenentarians: Why 110 Is the New 100 * Synthetic Antibodies Fight Bee …
ESG USA 2010 conference brochure & presentations available to download
June 29th, 2010 ESG USA 2010 Conference Brochure & Presentations More than 150 delegates attended ESG USA 2010 on Wednesday 23 June in New York . The conference brochure and speaker presentations are available to download here. Click here to read the newsletter.
HydroWorld:Marine hydro firm Aquamarine Power secures additional funding
Hydro Headlines Marine hydro firm Aquamarine Power secures additional funding EDINBURGH, Scotland — Wave energy hydro developer Aquamarine Power raises an additional 6 million pounds (US8.9 million) of funding. This follows the recent unveiling of the design of its Oyster 2 device, which will be built in Scotland later this …