Investment

Irish government opens National Energy Efficiency Fund with initial €35m from public and private investors

Multinational banks can play several roles but largely hold sustainability at arms' length from core business activities

Report finds oil majors and small companies exposed to threat of stranded high carbon assets if oil demand falls

Forget what detractors say - many of the world's corporate and political leaders are united in their urgent desire to build a green economy

Board of Trustees says existence of less harmful alternatives means it will no longer invest $18.7bn endowment in coal mining

Green energy company takes option for 10 per cent of power produced by proposed Swansea Bay project

Steve Waygood of Aviva Investors hails the EU's new reporting rules as a major breakthrough for the green economy

European Commission unveils list of 175 industries that could receive carbon trading support through to 2019

Carbon Trust report finds £30bn export potential for small and medium-sized businesses in Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa and Turkey

The green bond market is making good progress, but, as Bridget Boulle and Sean Kidney argue, to really drive investment we need to rehabilitate securitization