Investment

Bank of America and HSBC announce that they will make good on threats to end financing for firms that fail to live up to environmental standards

"Godfather" of hedge funds, Stanley Fink, sets goal of proving the low-carbon economy can deliver attractive investment returns

As talks to improve the UN's controversial carbon offset scheme kick off, Det Norske Veritas has been suspended from checking emission reduction projects in developing countries

International report argues support for green taxes jeopardised by failure to ring fence revenue for low carbon investments

Crédit Agricole, HSBC, Munich Re, Standard Chartered and Swiss Re first firms to sign up to standards that could see them refuse financing to projects that fail to disclose carbon emissions

Meanwhile, GE turns to Canadian hydro

Government to call on UK clean tech firms to play role in Chinese Low Carbon Development Zones

It takes as much energy to manufacture a mobile phone as the average American uses in 20 years. So now a new firm is offering customers the chance to carbon offset their mobile

Reports claim Panasonic's potential multi-billion dollar take over of Sanyo could represent one of the world's largest ever clean tech deals

Nanotechnology start ups claims molecular assembly techniques could produce more efficient ultracapacitors for use in hybrids and energy storage systems