Bretton Woods Bulletin February 2014 :

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

  February 2014       Please find below the highlights of the Bretton Woods Bulletin February 2014, including: A Comment piece on the World Bank’s mechanisms by Andrea Rodriguez Osuna and Astrid Puentes; An At Issue briefing on the new brics bank by Sameer Dossani; A Guest Analysis piece on the IFC’s much-criticised investment in Tata’s Assam …

NewNet Clean Energy Investor: Humans causing climate change says IPCC’s latest report

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

30 September Today’s Top Stories Pattern tops IPO target, raising $352m UK Green Investment Bank invests £11m into Welsh biomass plant upgrade Pattern tops IPO target, raising $352m Cleantech VC Navitas Capital leads investment in Enmetric Systems Total and Etrion team up to build 70MW solar in Chile US DOE …

Impact Quarterly: Investing in Inclusion through Market Transformation

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

June 2013 As always, the Impact Forum ended with the wonderful elated feeling of ‘we can do it’ and ‘we can make it happen’. Of course ‘it’ in this case is sustainable development. With the theme of ‘Investing in Inclusion’, Impact Forum 2013 brought together over 500 participants from over …

Focus on the Global South Newsletter: World Trade Organization’s free trade jeopardized people’s rights

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Sustainability News

In this edition of Focus on the Global South Newsletter, we revisit the Asian Development Bank’s role in the ‘privatization’ of Asia and how the World Trade Organization’s free trade and investment policies have jeopardized people’s rights and the environment.  Through its growth strategy, ADB continues to promote privatization and create …

SEVENTH REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT (EST) FORUM IN ASIA, AND GLOBAL CONSULTATION ON SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT IN THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

Jay OwenSustainability News

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Buffett’s MidAmerica to enter solar through inaugural deal

kristyGreen Prosperity

8 December 2011 News and Analysis Deal News Buffett’s MidAmerica to enter solar through inaugural deal Reliance Power secures $40m PV loan from ADB SPI wins PV order from Twentieth Century Fox ScottishPower buys RWE wind farm project Shaka wins PV installation contract for Florida schools SunPower cells to power …

Suzlon sells 26% stake in gearbox manufacturer Hansen

kristyGreen Prosperity

14 October 2011 Deal News Suzlon sells 26% stake in gearbox manufacturer Hansen Solon signs licence agreement with Andersen for PV material Acciona commissions third wind park in India ADB to provide $97m for Pakistan hydroelectric plant GCL-Poly signs 1GW PV wafer supply deal with Tainergy OPIC allocates $250m to …

Largest Canadian wind farm to use Vestas turbines

kristyGreentech

10 June 2011 DEAL NEWS Largest Canadian wind farm to use Vestas turbines Nevada Geothermal Power acquires Iceland America Energy’s geothermal assets ADB, Carmanah secure $1m solar lighting contract with Marine Corps US renewable energy company General Compression raises $54.5m China’s Huaneng Renewables raises $800m in deferred IPO Downing invests …