Environmental Finance Online News

16 April: Ethical bank Triodos is considering securitising a part of its portfolio of loans to renewable energy projects, to allow it to increase its lending to the sector.

16 April: The shortfall of EU Emissions Trading Scheme allowances in 2008 was greater than many analysts expected, providing support to carbon prices – but the data does not reflect the extent of economic contraction, participants have warned.

16 April: The EU should force companies and institutional investors to disclose more information on how they are dealing with environmental, social and governance issues, the European Sustainable Investment Forum has said.

16 April: Market participants embraced the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange decision to list renewable energy certificate futures, but there are questions about the potential liquidity of the contracts.

16 April: A major study on the economic importance of nature is seeking input from businesses across all sectors.

16 April: US ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy claimed that the increased use by fuel refiners and blenders of excess tradeable biofuel credits to meet their blending targets had helped to push it into Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week.

16 April: The International Finance Corporation and the Financial Times have released the shortlist for their annual sustainable banking awards.

16 April: The April issue of Carbon Finance is now available, including an analysis of how China’s latest stimulus package provides investment opportunities for emissions project developers.

9 April: Norway’s finance minister had proposed that the government’s $39 billion pension fund allocates $3 billion to sustainable investments – potentially the largest such allocation ever made.

9 April: US investors have deserted the green investment space, according to analysts and investors speaking at a recent environmental markets conference in New York.
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