To read the full article: PDF Format One of Alter 5’s primary goals is to connect renewable energy developers and promoters with capital markets investors. Our goals align closely with those of the EU’s Capital Markets Union (CMU), which seeks to foment growth in European capital markets in a financial system dominated by banks: In…

PDF Format BlackRock’s CEO Larry Fink, in a letter to fellow CEOs, made a special note of the growing importance of sustainability, not simply as a nod to changing public attitudes, but also for the ability of “sustainability- and climate-integrated portfolios [to] provide better risk-adjusted returns to investors.” BlackRock’s findings reflect a growing sense in…

In her recent state of the union address, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, outlined her target of reducing the EU’s carbon emissions by 55% by 2030. This new target (up from a previously stated 40%) came with a reiteration of the EU’s commitment to the Green New Deal, a plan to…

While the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic may have initially looked like stalling the implementation of the European Green New Deal just months after its presentation, the Spanish government has already taken measures to ensure the sustainable economy is at the center of the government’s recovery plan for the Spanish economy. In its Royal Decree-law (RDL) 23/2020,…