Carbon Finance & Offsets
Carbon finance investment instruments include renewable energy certificates and carbon credits. Articles also focus on carbon offsets used to reduce carbon footprints to meet government regulatory requirements. Carbon finance and offsets are both ways businesses address the financial implications of regulatory and other constraints placed on carbon emissions.
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
Technology firm Texas Instruments' emissions normalized on a per-chip basis rose 23 percent year-on-year amid a host of other disappointing environmental figures, according to its ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Rio+20, Natural Gas Lobby, NRC, Camp David Declaration
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
The World Business Council for Sustainable ...
Mining Industry ‘to Spend $20bn on Renewable Energy and Conservation by 2020′
Worldwide investment by the mining industry in renewable energy and energy conservation will reach about $8.4 billion by 2016 and nearly $20 billion ...
Cafedirect Using Carbon Credits to Fund Green Coffee
Cafedirect - the UK's largest fair trade hot drink supplier - is using the carbon market to fund adaptation projects that, in turn, support the ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: German Solar Subsidies, Australian Carbon Price, Honda Hybrid Suit
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes eight items.
The German parliament's upper house has rallied ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: California-Quebec ETS, Energy Efficiency, Canada Emissions Target
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
The California Air Resources Board released proposed regulations to link its cap-and-trade program to the carbon market ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Production Tax Credit, Light Bulbs, Buffett on Keystone
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend ...
Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality in FY 2013
Microsoft will charge an internal carbon offset fee starting in fiscal year 2012-2013 in its effort to be carbon neutral beginning July 1, according ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Australia Carbon Tax, Japanese Nuclear, More Fracking Rules
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 12 items.
The Australian government's preliminary list of ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Clean Energy Ministerial, NYC Zoning, EU ETS, Feed-in Tariffs
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items.
The 23-government Clean Energy Ministerial and the ...
Gucci Parent PPR Pledges 25% Cut in CO2, Water, Waste
Luxury and sporting goods group PPR - the company behind Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen and Puma - has unveiled a raft of sustainability ...
London Olympics Slash CO2 Footprint by 21%
The organizers of the 2012 London Olympic Games have cut the event's projected carbon footprint by over a fifth, through the use of rented seats, tents and crowd barriers, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek ...
Renewables Briefing: Markey Group, Constellation Energy, U.S. Air Force
Here's the latest news on renewable power installations, contracts, financing, permits and market changes affecting corporate environmental and energy executives.
Markey Group has opened a £1.1 million ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Gulf Spill Charges, CARB Ruling, Palm Oil Biofuels, EU ETS
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
The Department of Justice has ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Chevron, Mexico Low-Carbon Bill, Oil Market Speculation
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items.
The new Brazilian prosecutor of the case ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fracking Controls, China Aviation Plan, CVS Settlement
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 10 items.
The Obama administration has set national standards ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Deepwater Horizon, Shell Oil Sheen, YPF Nationalization, Keystone XL, LNG Exports
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 18 items.
A presidential commission investigating the 2010 Gulf ...
Market Perspectives from the LP-GP Clean Energy & Sustainability Forum
The most active investors in the cleantech, renewable energy and sustainability sectors share their views on the market at the fourth ...
H&M Sustainability Report: CO2 Emissions Drop 5% in 2011
Swedish clothing retailer and manufacturer Hennes & Mauritz, commonly known as H&M, last year achieved its target of a five percent year-on-year reduction in its ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: EU Aviation Law, Carbon Permits, GHG Targets, Gulf Sheen
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 11 items.
India's environment minister called the EU aviation ...
