Financial
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Manufacturing Tax Credit, Natural Gas Drilling, Ener1 Chapter 11, Tier 3 Emissions
The White House has released more details about the manufacturing efficiency incentives that President Obama announced in his State of ...
Val Smith: Sustainability at Citi
Val Smith, director of sustainability at Citi, discusses innovation and sustainability during a presentation at UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Brazilian Stock Exchange Urges Sustainability Reporting
The Brazilian stock exchange, BM&FBOVESPA, has recommended that its listed companies either publish sustainability reports or explain why they do not.
BM&FBOVESPA says the aims of ...
The Environment and Economic, Accounting and Decision-Making Systems
On Thursday 15th December 2011 over 200 representatives from the international accounting and business communities, investors, government, academia and civil society ...
TD Bank Aims to Go ‘Paper Neutral’
TD Bank Group has announced a commitment to become “paper neutral” within its North American operations by the end of 2012.
The bank says ...
JPMorgan, Citi, BofA Slammed Over Coal Investment
JP Morgan Chase, Citi and Bank of America have been branded the worst three "climate killers" in the financial sector over their large-scale investments ...
NYSE, Bloomberg Launch 3 Clean Energy Indices
NYSE Euronext and Bloomberg New Energy Finance have launched three regionally-focused clean energy stock indices covering the Americas (ticker NBAMCEUP), the Europe, Middle East ...
‘Green’ Banking Part III: Reducing Environmental Underwriting Risk
From coal, to real estate, to small business lending, environmental, social, and governance underwriting criteria are a critical tool for banks ...
Starbucks, Alcoa Join Nasdaq Sustainability Index; Citi, JPMorgan Dropped
Alcoa, Caterpillar, Diageo, Fluor, Ingersoll-Rand, Reed Elsevier and Starbucks have been added to the Nasdaq OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index, while Advanced Micro Devices, ...
Energy Efficiency Financing ‘Has $150bn Potential’; Report Compares Commercial Opt-Out Programs
Energy efficiency financing has the potential to jump from $20 billion to $150 billion over the next ten years, according to a report ...
Bottom Line of Green Banking Part II: Green Lending – Financing the Future
In my last article, I provided an overview of green banking. In this follow on, I focus on green lending ...
$20 Trillion Worth of Investors Call for GHG Targets
A group of 285 investors worth $20 trillion, including ABN Amro, Swiss Re, BNP Paribas, HSBC and CalPERS, have called on governments to ...
Carbon-Neutral Banks ‘Aren’t Greener’
Banks are fooling investors and the public with false claims of carbon neutrality, according to a report from carbon data publishing site Ecodesk.
In the ...
Clinton-Backed Efficiency Program Tackles 30m Sq Ft of Commercial Space
A Los Angeles program backed by the Clinton Climate Initiative is giving building owners financing and free energy assessments, in an effort to raise ...
‘$1bn’ University Green Endowment Plan Launched
Harvard and Stanford are among 32 universities that have committed $65 million to new energy efficiency financing initiative Billion Dollar Green Challenge.
The fund aims to get ...
BofA Merrill Enters California Carbon Market
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is entering the nascent California carbon trading market with an agreed option to buy several million tons ...
Report: How Smaller Companies Profit From Sustainability
Sustainability is a growing priority among small- and medium-sized businesses - and according to three national accounting bodies, more than half of surveyed businesses will have ...
Nike Sets Up Green Venture Capital Arm
Nike is to set up a sustainable venture capital arm in an effort to cut costs and promote green commerce.
The sports clothing company’s Sustainable Business & ...
Legal and General Property Launches Green Leases
Legal & General Property has amended its standard lease format to include 'green' clauses.
The U.K.-based property fund manager has issued a memorandum of green lease principles ...
The Bottom Line of Green Banking: Part I
Banks Boost Profits and Shrink Risk with Environmental Strategy
Why does Union Bank have a substantial ...
