European banks and pension funds fuel land-grabs in Uganda

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

                                                  Partner of  European banks and pension funds fuel land-grabs in Uganda Palm oil giant Wilmar International linked to community displacement and deforestation Brussels, May 21, 2013 European banks …

Kaliningrad Nuclear Plant: : HypoVereinsbank follows BNP Paribas and pulls out. When will Coface and Société Générale follow suit?

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

  Member of Kaliningrad Nuclear Plant: HypoVereinsbank follows BNP Paribas and pulls out. When will Coface and Société Générale follow suit? Paris, April 26th, 2013 Press Release Following in the footsteps of BNP Paribas, the German HypoVereinsbank recently announced that it will not finance the Kaliningrad nuclear power plant in …

NewNet Daily Newsletter: Deal round-up: US bioenergy deals become central cleantech focus

Jay OwenGreentech

Essential industry insights: cleantech, renewables, sustainability NewNet Daily Newsletter 21 January 2013 Shaun Kingsbury, CEO of the Green Investment Bank, to speak at the upcoming LP-GP Forum: Clean Energy & Sustainability taking place in London next month Deal News Deal round-up: US bioenergy deals become central cleantech focus PREMIUM Proparco to invest $10m into RenewGen …

Statoil, Stratkraft partner to buy Dudgeon offshore wind project

kristyGreen Prosperity

19 October 2012 Jupiter, BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners, Capricorn and Emerald to share a range of investor views at the sixth annual Envirotech & Clean Energy Investor Summit Deal News Statoil, Stratkraft partner to buy Dudgeon offshore wind project Blue Sky, Renewable Engineered Systems bring solar to NASCAR Metso …

New report: European banks fuelling food price volatility and hunger

kristyReforming Global Finance

PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 12 January 2012 From: Friends of the Earth Europe NEW REPORT: EUROPEAN BANKS FUELLING FOOD PRICE VOLATILITY AND HUNGER European banks, pension funds and insurance companies are increasing global hunger and poverty by speculating on food prices and financing land grabs in poorer countries, according to a …

Where the solar and finance industries meet to do business

kristyGreen Prosperity

Solar Investment Forum 8 June 2011, ICM, Munich, Germany Where the solar and finance industries meet to do business www.greenpowerconferences.com/sif Solar Investment Forum 2011 is Europe’s exclusive meeting place and information point for the solar and financial communities. It will provide an unparalleled opportunity to meet and network with 26+ …

Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview with Aldo Bonati, Head of Research, ECPI, Milan, Italy

kristySRI/ESG News, Global Citizen

A publication from Emerging Markets ESG Each week Emerging Markets ESG publishes an interview entitled, “Five Questions about SRI.” The interview features a practitioner’s insights about SRI in emerging markets and through Emerging Markets ESG shares this expertise with a wide global audience. The goals of Five Questions about SRI …