CTI recently released a report on thermal coal

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

CTI & ETA Coal research and infographic Coal Research Papers CTI recently released a report on thermal coal – Carbon Supply Cost Curves: Evaluating Financial Risk to Coal Capital Expenditures – which highlighted that $112bn of future capital expenditures (excluding China) related to potential production/supply of thermal coal are not economic …

[Climate Bonds] AAA away! EIB does a EUR350m ($480m) tap of its big 5yr climate awareness bond / World Bank does 4yr BRL465.5 + TLY335.5 (total $369m) green bonds for Japanese uridashi investors

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Climate Bonds has posted a new item, ‘AAA away! EIB does a EUR350m ($480m) tap of its big 5yr climate awareness bond / World Bank does 4yr BRL465.5 + TLY335.5 (total $369m) green bonds for Japanese uridashi investors‘ The AAA-rated European Investment Bank (EIB) has placed a 6th tap of its 5 …

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Finance Forum: the WHEEL Deal

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

aceee BLOG POST   Media Contact: Patrick Kiker [email protected], (202) 507-4043    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Finance Forum: the WHEEL Deal   by Casey Bell, Senior Economist and Finance Policy Lead   The moment we have been waiting for has arrived! The Warehouse for Energy Efficiency Loans (WHEEL) , a financing platform …

[Climate Bonds] Unibail-Rodamco issues EUR750m 10 year, A+ green property bond, first green corporate bond of 2014 – 3.4x oversubscribed in less than 2 hours. The next wave of green is coming.

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Unibail-Rodamco, a large European commercial property company, yesterday announced that it had placed a landmark EUR750mn green bond based on a portfolio of green buildings. The bond was 3.4 times oversubscribed with the order book reaching EUR2.5bn in under 2 hours! The first corporate green bond linked to property was issued by Sweden’s Vasakronan …

USDA Launches Energy Efficiency Loan Program

Jay OwenCommunity Development Solutions, Resource Efficiency

USDA Launches Energy Efficiency Loan Program Success of “Help My House” Pilot in South Carolina Helped Influence New Program    For more information, contact:  John-Michael Cross at (202) 662-1883 or [email protected]     December 5, 2013–The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) welcomes the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new Energy Efficiency and Conservation Loan …

CSRwire Talkback: Renewable Energy: Profiting from Fossil Fuels’ Woes

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Resource Efficiency

By Rosalinda Sanquiche, co-author, Green Transition Scoreboard® Report Over $2 trillion has been privately invested globally since 2007 inrenewable energy, the highest sector monitored by the Green Transition Scoreboard®. While reduced cost and greater efficiencies are a large part of the story, renewable energy is benefiting also from changing attitudes toward …

Top Cleantech Stories Of The Day! New York State Could Run On Wind, Water and Sunlight

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Top cleantech news of the day from CleanTechnica, the world’s #1 cleantech or clean energy website:   New York State Could Run On Wind, Water and Sunlight New Zero-Down, No-Risk Energy Efficiency Investment Fund Aims To Unlock $150 Billion In Savings 20 Solar, Wind, EV, & Other Tech/Energy Stories Not To …

Trends and Opportunities in Energy Efficiency

Ethical MarketsResource Efficiency

Invitation RICA Conference, July 2nd 2012 Zurich We are pleased to invite you to the Responsible Investment Corporate Access Conference organised at Convention Point of the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zurich on July 2nd 2012. This conference presents profitable business cases related to energy efficiency improvements. A unique occasion for interested (IR) managers of listed companies, investors and …

Apartment Building Owners, Residents Could Save Up To $3.4 Billion Annually with Energy Efficiency Improvements

kristyResource Efficiency

NEWS RELEASE For more information contact: Stephanie Folk, CNT Energy 773.269.4085 [email protected] Apartment Building Owners, Residents Could Save Up To $3.4 Billion Annually with Energy Efficiency Improvements CHICAGO (January 26, 2012): Energy efficiency upgrades in multifamily buildings could save building owners and residents up to $3.4 billion nationwide, according to …

Energy transition: power companies can’t do it on their own

Ethical MarketsGreen Prosperity, Resource Efficiency

Most readers will probably remember the “Roadmap 2050” that was published last year by the European Climate Foundation (ECF). It made quite a splash in Brussels and internationally. The Roadmap has led a quiet existence since that time, but ECF itself has continued working hard to influence climate policy in …