EIB issues new climate bond with longer tenor (12yr), EUR 500m ($657m), coupon 1.25%, AAA. Takes EIB total climate bond issuance to EUR 6bn!

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

EIB issues new climate bond with longer tenor (12yr), EUR 500m ($657m), coupon 1.25%, AAA. Takes EIB total climate bond issuance to EUR 6bn! Posted: Sep 4, 2014 by Sean Kidney European investors yesterday snapped up a new Euro denominated “Climate Awareness Bond”(link is external) from EIB. With double the tenor of the …

ExxonMobil’s climate change risk | SAP aims for 100% renewable energy

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

    26 March 2014 Share                   In the news           Exxon Mobil responds to investor concerns Company bows to pressure to report on preparations for climate regulation, but could this just be the start?       …

2014 Trends for Business Startups and Future Funders

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

2014 Trends for Business Startups and Future Funders — What does the new year hold for startups and crowdfunders? David Drake of LDJ Capital and The Soho Loft writes in to make some crowdfunding predictions for 2014. Read on to find out what he thinks the new year will bring for …

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Jay OwenGreentech

Occupied. S17 Updates for the Week of September 12

kristyReforming Global Finance, Global Citizen

The timing couldn’t possibly be better in the final days before our S17 anniversary for the 99% and Occupy Wall Street to be able to declare a big victory. After an escalating week-long #OccupyHotNCrusty campaign in response to a serious labor dispute, workers announced both sides had reached an agreement …

Wind News: Should the Wind Turbine Industry Head for the Hills?

Ethical MarketsGreentech

by Bruce Dorminey, Contributor | July 19, 2012 At dusk outside Limon, an isolated interstate interchange on Colorado’s vast eastern frontier, a string of active wind turbines lines the southwest horizon — their red aviation warning lights almost keeping time with their rotat… Full Article Full Renewable Energy World Newsletter…

New Arctic Forests Pose Climate Change Problems

kristyEarth Systems Science

WHAT WE’RE FOLLOWING New Arctic Forests Pose Climate Change Problems Bringing forests back has long been though to help combat climate change. Trees absorb the most common greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, helping to pull the heat-trapping gas from the atmosphere, the logic goes. This is why forests are usually expected …

RWE and E.ON dump “uneconomic” UK nuclear plans

kristyResource Efficiency

BREAKING NEWS RWE and E.ON dump “uneconomic” UK nuclear plans Government urged to abandon nuclear power in favour of renewables after Horizon joint venture shelves 6GW of new reactors READ» ALSO IN THE NEWS Prepare for accelerating climate risks, IPCC says UN scientists warn climate change is set to cause …

New Tools for Investing in a Black Swan World

kristySRI/ESG News

by Ellie Winninghoff, Financial Advisor Green, May 4, 2011 Hurricane Katrina, the mortgage meltdown, the BP Deepwater Horizon tragedy, uprisings in the Middle East, Fukushima–it’s hard not to notice a pattern of escalating risk. One not accounted for by the mere volatility in stock or bond prices that has come …