NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines www.NewEnergyNews.net/ THINGS-TO-THINK-ABOUT THURSDAY, Oct. 16: * THE MILITARY FALLS FOR THE HOAX * FORTUNE 100 BUSINESSES BOOST SUN * IOWA UTILITY BUYS WIND TO CUT COSTS * GETTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY …
The winners of the Future Policy Award 2014 framed by speakers and organizers at the ceremony in Geneva
The winners of the Future Policy Award 2014 framed by speakers and organizers at the ceremony in Geneva Dear Friends of the World Future Council, To build the just and equal societies we envision for our children and grand-children, we need to end Violence against Women and Girls. This is …
SolarCity issues US$200m of retail bonds, maturity ranging from 1-7 years, coupon 2-4%. What a pioneering company! First public solar bond offering in the US, after also doing the first solar securitisation in 2013
SolarCity issues US$200m of retail bonds, maturity ranging from 1-7 years, coupon 2-4%. What a pioneering company! First public solar bond offering in the US, after also doing the first solar securitisation in 2013 By Beate Sonerud, Climate Bonds Initiative policy analyst SolarCity is issuing US$200m of asset-linked retail bonds, …
FYR: Climate Bonds schedule of upcoming speeches – lots of opportunities to hear about developments
FYR: Climate Bonds schedule of upcoming speeches – lots of opportunities to hear about developments October: 16 Oct 2014 (yes tomorrow) – Geneva – UNEP Finance Initiative’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) event, An international conversation on the insurance industry and sustainable development. Sean Kidney will …
Other News: Saudis Deploy the Oil Price Weapon Against Syria, Iran, Russia, and the US
Saudis Deploy the Oil Price Weapon Against Syria, Iran, Russia, and the US Posted by Yves Smith – Naked Capitalism Asian stock markets continued to fall today, propelled at least in part by the adverse reaction to the Saudi announcement yesterday that they would let oil prices fall …
Making the SDGs relevant
With less than a year to go until the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are agreed, the big question now is implementation. Specifically, how do we make the SDGs relevant to businesses as well as national and local level decision makers? As part of the Measure What Matters initiative, we are …
Recognising Risk, Perpetuating Uncertainty
Baseline survey of climate risk disclosures by fossil fuel companies Recognising Risk, Perpetuating Uncertainty A baseline survey of climate disclosures by fossil fuel companies Today Carbon Tracker are releasing a new report examining climate risk disclosures by listed fossil fuel companies, in partnership with CDP, Ceres and the Climate Disclosure …
Martin Wolf, FT, speaks on Positive Money’s proposals (New Video)
Groundbreaking talk by the chief economics commentator of the Financial Times… We recently hosted a groundbreaking talk by Martin Wolf, the chief economics commentator and associate editor of the Financial Times. Martin was talking about proposals to “strip banks of their power to create money”, and was cautiously supportive of …
European economic environmental accounts
Beyond GDP Measuring progress, true wealth, and the wellbeing of nations October 2014 newsletter Interview Quote In the spotlight In brief Agenda On the web In this edition of the Beyond GDP newsletter: Interview with Anton Steurer Quote from Janez Poto?nik Spotlight on New environmental accounts …
HeadFunder Finding Early Success with New ‘Crowdspeaking’ Service
Wednesday, October 8 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS French Crowdfunding Law Goes into Effect — Big news came out of France last week: crowdfunding, or financement participatif as it’s known in the nation, is now live. We spoke with Joachim Dupont of the French equity crowdfunding platform …