Investment

Ecology Building Society boosts green mortgage offering for self-build homes

Buildings

Ecology Building Society boosts green mortgage offering for self-build homes

Enhanced discounts set to be offered by lender to homes built to high energy efficiency standards

clock 18 July 2022 • 2 min read
Textile recycling needs to scale - Circ raises $30m to do just that

Investment

Textile recycling needs to scale - Circ raises $30m to do just that

clock 15 July 2022 • 3 min read
'Growing claims of greenwashing': ESG credibility under threat from lack of standardisation, report warns

Risk

'Growing claims of greenwashing': ESG credibility under threat from lack of standardisation, report warns

Analysts from EY and Oxford Analytica warn booming ESG movement faces greenwashing allegations and loss of credibility if action is not taken

clock 15 July 2022 • 2 min read
Iberdrola secures €2.5bn green credit line

Carbon Trading

Iberdrola secures €2.5bn green credit line

Following agreement, more than 90 per cent of company's credit lines are now linked to its sustainability performance

clock 14 July 2022 • 1 min read
Paul Polman-backed climate tech fund raises $70m

Venture Capital

Paul Polman-backed climate tech fund raises $70m

Systemiq Capital Fund aiming to raise $200m to support and connect the growing number of climate tech companies

clock 14 July 2022 • 3 min read
Low-carbon cement firm Terra CO2 Technology raises $46m

Investment

Low-carbon cement firm Terra CO2 Technology raises $46m

Terra CO2 Technology said it will use funds to develop and produce low-carbon cement alternatives for the construction industry

clock 13 July 2022 • 2 min read
Direct Air Capture start-up secures £3m funding boost

Investment

Direct Air Capture start-up secures £3m funding boost

Net Zero Technology Centre backs SMART-DAC technology from CO2CirculAir that is set to be trialled in Northern Ireland

clock 13 July 2022 • 3 min read
SEEIT inks £100m deal for North West renewable energy portfolio

Energy

SEEIT inks £100m deal for North West renewable energy portfolio

Investment outfit has agreed to acquire 69MW portfolio of operational solar, wind and hydro assets from United Utilities Group

clock 13 July 2022 • 2 min read
Pension funds will only reach net zero when their portfolios are deforestation-free

Investment

Pension funds will only reach net zero when their portfolios are deforestation-free

As the largest group of asset owners, pension funds have real power to slow the flow of private finance channelled into deforestation activities, writes Global Canopy's Niki Mardas

clock 13 July 2022 • 3 min read
BCarbon issues UK's first soil-based international carbon credits

Investment

BCarbon issues UK's first soil-based international carbon credits

Carbon credit registry teams up with UK project to help farmers measure and reduce CO2 emissions so as to issue carbon credits

clock 12 July 2022 • 3 min read