Inconvenient Truth for Climate Change Skeptics
Climate Change Movie for those who don’t believe in Climate Change
Climate Change Movie for those who don’t believe in Climate Change
Nikko Asset Management’s Luxembourg-domiciled World Bank Green fund has returned 11.6% in its first 12 months – annualised as at 28 February 2011 – versus the benchmark return of 9.7%, supported by conservative currency positioning.
The green bonds fund – which scooped the ‘Most Innovative Development in ESG’ (environmental, social, governance) prize at IPE and TBLI’s annual ESG Leaders Awards Ceremony in November 2010 – has raised almost £400m (€460m) from institutional investors in Europe and the Middle East, as well as Japanese investors, in the run-up to its first anniversary.
©Nina Röhrbein IPE 17/3/2011
It’s innovation commitment stupid.
“Americans spend more on potato chips than they spend on energy r&d” John Doerr, Partner Kleiner Perkins.
As part of their Better World campaign, http://www.abb.com/betterworld, ABB commissioned a Bloomberg Businessweek Research Services survey to ask energy professionals their views on the key energy issues facing the world today. Makes perfect sense. Let’s go straight to the experts: renewable and non-renewable energy producers, energy distributors, end users, consultants, and government/NGO officials working on energy policy. A total of 468 energy industry stakeholders.
The key take-aways…
“76% of energy professionals believe government regulations should require utility companies to produce more energy from renewable sources.”
“89% of energy professionals believe government incentives trump markets in driving energy efficiency uptake by consumers.”
“81% of energy experts think smart grid technology is important for creating a cleaner, stronger system of the future.”
“63% of energy professionals believe the greatest opportunities for improving efficiency in the energy value chain can be found among industrial end users.”