Global institutional investors holding more than $6 trillion in assets pushed policymakers Tuesday to quickly hash out a binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and promote clean technology.
More than 130 big investors, including London Pensions Fund Authority, want countries to agree to reduce the climate- warming emissions by 50 percent to 80 percent by [...]
Global investors urge action on climate change
November 12th, 2008 · No Comments
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Investors weigh risks of not fighting climate change
October 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Investors are using information on companies’ carbon dioxide emissions to manage their portfolios, according to an annual survey of the world’s leading businesses.
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), backed by hundreds of institutional investors, asks the world’s biggest companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions. This year, almost two-thirds of the 385 institutional investors behind the [...]
Tags: · banks, change, climate, credit, crunch, invest, investment, money
Green light for investing in energy efficient companies
September 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Gordon Brown’s recent pledge to invest £1bn in making thousands of homes more energy efficient provided some relief for householders struggling with soaring gas and electricity bills. But they are not the only ones who could benefit from this initiative. Investors are also being encouraged to plug into the potential of the energy efficiency sector.
Energy [...]
Tags: · companies, eco, efficient, green, invest, money, shares
Bill Gates invests in algae fuel
September 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Bill Gates’ investment firm is funding Sapphire Energy, a company that intends to make auto fuel from algae.
Sapphire Energy said Wednesday that a series B round will bring the total amount it has raised to more than $100 million. Investors include Gates’ investment firm Cascade Investment, as well as Arch Venture Partners, Wellcome Trust, and [...]
Tags: · algae, alternative, bill, bill gates, fuel, gates, invest, microsoft
Don’t bother investing in climate change – yet
July 6th, 2008 · No Comments
One of the most popular stocks this year with private investors, alongside big boys such as Halifax Bank of Scotland and Barclays, has been a minnow called Tanfield.
The electric vehicle manufacturer, listed on the Alternative Investment Market (Aim), has regularly appeared in the top ten buys at stockbroker TD Waterhouse over the past year.
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