AltAssets Private Equity Newsletter: US electric bus maker Proterra seals $34m Series C round

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

2 January Today’s Top Stories on AltAsse US electric bus maker Proterra seals $34m Series C round Oxford Capital makes two senior hires to target renewable energy infrastructure Funds » European Investment Fund gains increased spending power Morgan Stanley fund of funds arm pulls in $177m for new vehicle Deals » Michaelson …

How the new field of data science is grappling with ethics

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

  SMARTPLANET WEEKLY A WEEKLY PREVIEW OF OUR CURRENT ISSUE, DELIVERED EVERY SUNDAY. December 22, 2013 FROM THE DESK OF … To wrap up the year, we take a look back at our best features of 2013. Our magazine writers brought you stories from around the world on topics ranging from …

RI INSIGHT DENMARK: asset owner leaders in ESG and renewables

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

RI INSIGHT DENMARK: asset owner leaders in ESG and renewables Exclusive interviews with six of Denmark’s largest pension funds:ATP, PBU, PensionDanmark, PFA, PKA and Unipension. Free content: Download the PDF via the RI Reports channel. In 2009, the Danish government allowed UN-sponsored PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment) or UN Global Compact membership to represent a company’s legal corporate social responsibility requirement. It led to a significant …

Sustainable Development: Implementing Rio+20: ECOSOC’s New Role and Its Old Culture

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

  A compilation of items recently posted to the Sustainable Development Policy & Practice knowledgebase Latest News – 28 October 2013 Featured Guest Article Implementing Rio+20: ECOSOC’s New Role and Its Old Culture by Harris Gleckman, Center for Governance and Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Almost_since the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was created, there have been ECOSOC reform efforts. Most of these efforts …

To Expand Offshore Power, Japan Builds Floating Windmills

Jay OwenGreentech

To Expand Offshore Power, Japan Builds Floating Windmills Yoshikazu Tsuno/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images An offshore wind turbine off the coast of Fukushima. By HIROKO TABUCHI Published: October 24, 2013 OFF THE COAST OF FUKUSHIMA, Japan — Twelve miles out to sea from the severely damaged and leaking nuclear reactors at …

Energy Self-Reliant States: Bypassing the Power Grid

Jay OwenGreentech

I spent most of last week on the West Coast with the family (and even went for a ride in the redwoods on an early 20th century steam train), but I came across a terrific video from EnergyShouldBe on why baseload power sources like coal and nuclear are incompatible with a largely …

CSRwire Talkback: Renewable Energy: Profiting from Fossil Fuels’ Woes

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Resource Efficiency

By Rosalinda Sanquiche, co-author, Green Transition Scoreboard® Report Over $2 trillion has been privately invested globally since 2007 inrenewable energy, the highest sector monitored by the Green Transition Scoreboard®. While reduced cost and greater efficiencies are a large part of the story, renewable energy is benefiting also from changing attitudes toward …

NewNet Daily October 11th

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News, Resource Efficiency

Essential industry insights: cleantech, renewables, sustainability 9 October Today’s Top Stories Brazil’s development bank ploughs $274.5m into wind Solar materials company NovoPolymers attracts investment from Capital-E Fiera Axium and MetLife acquire 62MW of solar capacity Waste2Tricity raises £1m for international growth Electranova Capital invests in smart building provider Enlighted Company » …

Newnet October 10th

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

10 October Today’s Top Stories Shunfeng Photovoltaic makes bid for troubled panel manufacturer Wuxi Suntech Bridges Ventures closes sustainability fund on £125m Latest on NewNet See all the latest industry news with a New Energy World Network premium subscription. SUBSCRIBE » Deals » UK wind installer Earthmill funded £4.1m by Connection Capital …