Environmental Finance News Jan.8,2013

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

  8 January 2012   Latest Analysis CCS – six feet under? Editor Mark Nicholls looks at the peaks and troughs of another eventful year Putting REITs through their PACEs – how they could benefit solar investment Latest News and Comment Shell near-miss highlights dangers of Arctic exploration, say investors Bright …

Voluntary carbon market escapes mandatory gloom

kristySRI/ESG News

Voluntary carbon market escapes mandatory gloom Sentiment is more positive in the voluntary carbon markets than in their larger, mandatory equivalents, according to the winners of Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance?s annual survey of the voluntary carbon markets. More >>> BrightSource Energy withdraws IPO Solar thermal developer BrightSource Energy has …

Bunge deal sees Climate Change Capital investors hit

kristySRI/ESG News

Bunge deal sees Climate Change Capital investors hit Agribusiness group Bunge is to buy environmental asset manager Climate Change Capital in a move that will see CCC?s backers take a hit on their investment. More >>> Danish companies invest in Dong offshore wind farm Danish toy maker Lego and hearing …

Green Deal Finance Co eyeing billions in green bonds

kristyGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Vote in the Environmental Finance Voluntary Carbon survey Environmental Finance is conducting its annual survey of the voluntary carbon markets, polling its readers on the leading project developers, traders, brokers, advisors, verifiers and other service providers active in these markets. More >>> Green Deal Finance Co eyeing billions in green …

EU needs 2030 greenhouse gas target – Oettinger

kristyGreen Prosperity

EU needs 2030 greenhouse gas target – Oettinger A ‘realistic’ legally binding target to cut greenhouse gas emissions needs to be agreed for 2030 if the EU is to achieve its ambitious aim of zero emissions by 2050, the EU energy commissioner Günther Oettinger said today as he launched the …

SSgA bond strategy ‘cornerstone of broader platform’

kristyGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

SSgA bond strategy ‘cornerstone of broader platform’ State Street Global Advisors’ recently announced “high-quality green bond strategy” is expected to be the first part of a broader environmental fixed-income platform, its head of environmental, social and governance investing told Environmental Finance. More >>> US wind power sector soaring – AWEA …