MünchenerHyp cracks first thematic covered bond! EUR300m ($389m) Aaa 5yr, for coop housing. 1.6x oversubscribed. It’s the prototype for a Green Pfandbrief – at last! Münchener Hypothekenbank eG has just issued an “ESG-labelled” covered bond (or Pfandbriefe, as covered bonds are called in Germany) for refinancing of housing cooperatives. Oekom …
Alternative Energy: Utilities Decoupling to Cover Their Assets
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Earth Policy Institute: Moving Up the Food Chain
Moving Up the Food Chain Lester R. Brown www.earth-policy.org/books/fpep/fpepch3 Earth Policy Release Full Planet, empty plates November 25, 2013 For most of the time that human beings have walked the earth, we lived as hunter-gatherers. The share of the human diet that came from hunting versus gathering varied with geographic …
Earth Policy Institute: Moving Up the Food Chain
Moving Up the Food Chain Lester R. Brown www.earth-policy.org/books/fpep/fpepch3 Earth Policy Release Full Planet, empty plates November 25, 2013 For most of the time that human beings have walked the earth, we lived as hunter-gatherers. The share of the human diet that came from hunting versus gathering varied with …
Earth Policy Release – China and the Soybean Challenge
China and the Soybean Challenge Lester R. Brown www.earth-policy.org/books/fpep/fpepch9 Earth Policy Release Full Planet, empty plates November 6, 2013 Some 3,000 years ago, farmers in eastern china domesticated the soybean. In 1765, the first soybeans arrived in North America, but they did not soon catch on as a crop. …
NewNet: Samsung C&T slashes Ontario renewables spend by $2bn
24 June 2013 – Today’s Top Stories on NewNet Samsung C&T slashes Ontario renewables spend by $2bn Consumers Energy signs major wind turbine deal with GE Vestas sells off non-core asset wind farms for €127m RusHydro, Alstom extend hydroelectric partnership The Switch triples order backlog SJF Ventures invests in sustainable …
Five Questions about ESG Sovereign Debt Rating – Special Interview with Pascale Sagnier, Head of ESG Thematic Research, AXA Investment Managers, Paris, France – May 6, 2013
By Geoffrey on May 6, 2013 On the first Monday of each month Emerging Markets ESG publishes a special interview with an academic, expert or practitioner about a specific topic with relevance to environmental, social and/or governance (ESG) issues. This month’s interview, the 14th interview in the special interview series, is about ESG Sovereign Debt …
Deal round-up: Asset sell off intensifies as investor appetite wanes PREMIUM
NewNet Daily Newsletter 22 October 2012 Vestas, Marwind & RWE to lay out future plans in wind sector at London environmental investor event next month Deal News Deal round-up: Asset sell off intensifies as investor appetite wanes PREMIUM Unconventional gas explorer Dart Energy to carry out London IPO LDK to …
Elster wins 110,000 water meter deal in Brazil
NewNet Daily Newsletter 17 August 2012 RBS, Santander and Lloyds to give insight on banking appetite for renewable energy on 7-8 November at London investor event. Deal News Elster wins 110,000 water meter deal in Brazil Eco Environments adds solar to Cold Move sites Fisker Automotive forecasts 2013 IPO once …