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18 April 2012

Mitsubishi unveils sustainability plan

Tokyo_170SQ Japanese electronics giant Mitsubishi has unveiled its Seventh Environmental Plan, a three-year strategy to make the company more sustainable.

17 April 2012

Energy data company Essess closes $6m Series A funding round

Data company Essess has closed its $6m Series A funding round, with Vocap Ventures the largest investor in the round.

17 April 2012

Hitachi Consulting purchases sustainable audit company

Hitachi Consulting, IT consultant and subsidiary of the Japanese electronics giant, has acquired the Prizim, a US management consultancy dedicated to sustainable audits, training and managed service solutions.

17 April 2012

US finance group has $2bn investment appetite for energy sectorp

investing_170_170 A Dallas, US-based finance group said it has a 2012 investment appetite of £2bn and plans to dedicate the funds to the energy sector.

17 April 2012

Constellation helps McCormick achieve zero emissions building

US power company Constellation Energy has completed a 1.8MW photovoltaic array for the spice manufacturer McCormick, at its distribution centre in Maryland.

17 April 2012

EU makes €50m available to support renewables in developing world

EU_Parliament_170SQ The European Union has made €50m available for clean energy projects in developing countries, as part of a United Nations plan to spread the use of sustainable energy.

17 April 2012

Mitsui takes 25% stake in Scotland’s renewables player GEG

Japan-based Mitsui has secured a 25 per cent stake in Global Energy Group (GEG) in what has been rumoured as a multimillion-pound deal.

16 April 2012

Bunge completes acquisition of Climate Change Capital, names new management

US agribusiness Bunge has completed the acquisition of UK sustainable asset manger Climate Change Capital.

16 April 2012

India cleantech VC gets backing from International Finance Corpp

India-sun_170SQ An early stage India-based venture fund is looking to raise $25m, having secured an initial capital injection from the International Finance Corporation.

16 April 2012

DOE picks leaders for $125m US-India renewable research project

The US Department of Energy has selected three groups of companies to make up the $125m US-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center.

16 April 2012

Greentech Energy makes cash offer for Fersa Renovables

Greentech_170SQ Danish renewable energy company Greentech Energy Systems has made a cash tender offer for Spain’s Fersa Energia Renovables at €0.40 a share.

13 April 2012

Cut meat production by 50% to reduce emissions, says expertp

Greenhouses gases such as nitrous oxide will continue to rise unless global fertiliser use is cut and meat production is reduced, Eric Davidson director of the Woods Hole Research Centre has said.

13 April 2012

US start-ups to compete for $9m R&D cashp

US start-ups are set to benefit from a $9m funding pool to be distributed among 50 budding company companies.

13 April 2012

Australia’s Green Party leader Bob Brown steps down

Australiaflag_170_170 Senator Bob Brown has announced that he will be stepping down as the leader of the Green Party as the party welcomes new leader Christine Milne as his successor.

13 April 2012

Energy efficiency specialist targets education sector as it looks to secure Series A fundingp

An energy efficiency advocate based in the US has raised $1.64m of a $7.88m Series A financing round.

13 April 2012

EuroSite, The Ability Group sign £4.1m Hilton clean power deal

EuroSite Power, a subsidiary of American DG Energy, and UK-based The Ability Group have joined forces in a £4.1m agreement to supply clean energy to the Doubletree by Hilton Dunblane Hydro hotel.

13 April 2012

RBS unveils sustainability plan to save £200m by 2020

RBS_170SQ The UK’s Royal Bank of Scotland has unveiled ambitious environmental targets that could save the organisation £200m by 2020

12 April 2012

German KfW to support creation of UK’s Green Investment Bank

edinburgh_170SQ German development bank KfW is set to provide support and experience to the creation of the UK’s Green Investment Bank.

12 April 2012

Smart buildings specialist targets social housing marketp

greenhome_170 UK start-up Homaetrix told NewNet it is targeting the social housing market to commercialise its innovative device that combines energy management, home automation and security tools within a single platform.

12 April 2012

UK Deputy PM argues green can mean growth

The UK needs to marry green energy and economical growth in order to combat the difficulties of a rocky recession, said the UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.

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