Investment
Report: Closing coal plants would save US $10bn a year
By 2021 it will be cheaper to build and operate new gas plants than continue running coal power plants say experts
'Huge missed opportunity': Top brands accused of failing to quantify green gains
Major new report finds 42 per cent of telecommunications and consumer goods companies are failing to report on the financial value that results from strong environmental performance
UK cities expected to get millions of pounds for green energy projects
Ministers are thought to be planning to offer £3m for initiatives such as solar panels on social housing
Investors: Food firms must embrace smarter water practices
Major report by investor-backed group Ceres reveals corporate water management is improving, but huge risks remain unaddressed
Two-thirds of investors plan to funnel more cash into climate action
But survey commissioned by HSBC suggests investors are becoming increasingly frustrated over 'highly inadequate' information from companies on climate risk
Pension scheme NEST withdraws investment from low carbon laggards
National workplace pension scheme reveals it pumped £27m in to green economy in 2017, as it calls for firms to embrace higher environmental governance standards
Climate Finance Accelerator launches in bid to support Paris Agreement action plans
Inaugural London-based workshop to help developing countries attract the finance they need to deliver national climate action plans
'This is no longer niche': UBS hails rapid rise of green impact investing
Having again topped the latest Dow Jones Sustainability Index, the Swiss financial giant is seeing huge growth in its environmental investment business
Green Investment Group makes first investment under Macquarie control, backs energy-from-waste plant
Green Investment Group commits £38m to Wheelabrator Technologies as part of £207m loan for new energy-from-waste plant in West Yorkshire
Sweden sets out £485m green investment in 2018 budget
Swedish government presents the "greatest commitment to climate and the environment ever" in 2018 budget bill
The climate alarm bells have been ringing for a while - and investors have stopped hitting 'snooze'
Major shift in stance from asset management giant Vanguard last week, coupled with fresh climate risk warnings today from Schroders, are a sign investment community is taking climate risk seriously
Carbon tax could wipe out polluters' profits in pursuit of Paris targets
To achieve climate agreement's limit of 2C rise, pricing will have to increase to more than $100 a tonne, says Schroders
Solarplicity set to install solar PV on 800,000 low-income homes
Energy company reveals details of major new solar installation scheme that promises to deliver £192m in energy savings for poorest households in England and Wales
Over 25 governments promise bolder action on carbon markets
EU states, Mexico and South Korea among nations to sign joint statement endorsing "renewed co-operation" on carbon markets
Vanguard Group backs climate disclosure in voting U-turn
Asset manager breaks with tradition, revealing proxy voting records backing climate disclosure and promising to take more public positions on climate risk in the future
How green bonds can bridge infrastructure financing gaps
Two cities in the US are set to offer the first 'Environmental Impact Bonds' to pay for green infrastructure upgrades
SSE beats green bond record with €600m issuance
UK utility's issuance is the largest ever recorded by a UK company
Richard Branson and Bill Gates among big name investors to back lab meat start-up
Memphis Meats has raised $17m from high profile investors for its work growing meat direct from cells
The investment opportunity in 'fossil fuel free'
Liontrust's Neil Brown explains why there are profits to be made in avoiding fossil fuel investments
Ecotricity executives withdraw bid for seats on Good Energy board
Upcoming Good Energy board meeting now unlikely to proceed as firm instead seeks 'constructive dialogue' with rival clean energy supplier
Brexit sparks delay for UK applications to European Investment Bank
UK green infrastructure projects face delays in loan applications to the EIB due to ongoing uncertainty over the bank's post-Brexit relationship
Green Investment Group sells 70MW of energy assets to Bioenergy Infrastructure Group
Mass sale of 20 assets, including anaerobic digestion, biomass and waste-to-energy sites, follows Green Investment Bank's transition to private hands on Friday
Now it's in private hands, will the Green Investment Bank hold onto its green mission?
Its new owners Macquarie insist it has a plan to use the bank to invest heavily in pioneering green infrastructure, but plenty are still suspicious of the sale
Five things the world could learn from Norway on CCS
Carbon capture and storage remains a widely misunderstood technology - can it really take off as a global concern in the next few years?
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