Archive for January, 2012
RBC Wealth Management offers financial help to Guernsey charities
January 27th, 2012 by RBC Wealth Management
Finding sufficient funding can be a major challenge for smaller charities.
One Guernsey firm aims to help each year by supporting lesser known associations and projects.
“We invite registered Guernsey charities to receive grants, ranging from a few hundred to a thousand pounds,” said Alan Pearce, Chairman of RBC Wealth Management‘s Donations Fund Committee.
“We’d love to hear from Island-based charities looking for grants for 2012, especially for initiatives focusing on youth and education, amateur sport or health and wellbeing.” Continue reading
2012 Sustainability Yearbook rates sustainable companies globally
January 27th, 2012 by SAM
(click cover to download yearbook)
SAM, the investment boutique focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing, has launched its 9th annual Sustainability Yearbook 2012 (the Yearbook) at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Produced in collaboration with KPMG, one of the world’s leading providers of audit, tax and advisory services, the Yearbook presents the companies recognized as sustainability leaders from the 58 sectors examined by SAM’s Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA). Continue reading
In 10 to 15 years driving around with a V12 petrol engine will be outlawed
January 24th, 2012 by Richard Lord
Bradley Hasemeyer who hosts Translogic profiles the experimental Rolls-Royce 102EX Phantom Electric Vehicle.
It is good to see Rolls-Royce developing alternative powertrains even if one has to smile at this considerable electric vehicle.
UK Climate Change Minister Greg Barker launches South West Marine Energy Park
January 23rd, 2012 by HM Government Department of Energy and Climate Change
The South West has today been named as the UK’s first Marine Energy Park, firmly placing the region on the international map for leadership in marine renewable energy.
Climate Change Minister Greg Barker made the announcement on a visit to Bristol where he met with key members of the new initiative.
UK Climate Changer Minister Greg Barker MP speaking at the RenewableUK Wave and Tidal Conference on 2 March 2011 (click image to expand - ©RLLord)
The South West Marine Energy Park will stretch from Bristol through to Cornwall and as far as the Isles of Scilly. Continue reading
RG Falla begins construction on 24 energy efficient apartments for GHA
January 22nd, 2012 by Guernsey Housing Association
Guernsey Housing Association has signed a building contract with RG Falla for just under £4 million and work has started on the construction of 24 apartments, all for social rent, at a new clos to be called Clos Barbier off Rue Jehannet in St Martin.
Clos Barbier estate layout (please click map to expand - courtesy of Guernsey Housing Assocation)
This is the first Rural Area site to be developed under planning policy ‘RH2’, which is there to support new social housing in the Rural Area where it ”rounds off” existing social housing. Continue reading
Many pharmaceutical products survive sewage treatment intact
January 22nd, 2012 by Umea University
High levels of the anti-inflammatory substance diclofenac are released from wastewater plants, according to a study from IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and Umeå University that was commissioned by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
“This is a wake-up call that this substance and several other pharmaceuticals are so difficult to break down,” said Jan Christiansson, the officer in charge at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. Continue reading
Bloomberg New Energy Finance 2011 review of renewable energy investments
January 22nd, 2012 by Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Bloomberg New Energy Finance reports that global investment in clean energy reached a new record of $260 billion in 2011, up five percent on 2010 and almost five times the total of $53.6 billion in 2004.
Investment in solar far outstripped that in wind, and perhaps of most note, US clean energy investment moved back ahead of China for the first time since 2008.
Photovoltaic panels in a field near Goch, Germany on 7 January 2012 (click image to expand - ©RLLord)
Last year also saw the one trillionth dollar invested in clean energy globally since the company started compiling data in 2004. Continue reading
Bloomberg NEF names Terra Firma top venture capital & private equity investor in clean energy for 2011
January 22nd, 2012 by Terra Firma
Terra Firma, the European private equity firm, has been confirmed by Bloomberg New Energy Finance as the leading Venture Capital and Private Equity investor in its 2011 clean energy league table awards.
The award is based upon the aggregate value of the three acquisitions that Terra Firma completed in 2011 which have created the RTR Group (“RTR”), the leading producer of solar electricity in Italy. Continue reading
CIGPE hosts Guernsey Airport 2040 lecture on 25 January 2012
January 22nd, 2012 by Channel Island Group of Professional Engineers
(click image to download lecture flyer)
The Channel Islands Group of Professional Engineers (CIGPE) hosts a presentation by Gerry Prickett at 8 pm at the OGH Hotel in St Peter Port, Guernsey on 25 January 2012. Continue reading
Guernsey Water publishes two free Health and Safety booklets
January 22nd, 2012 by Guernsey Water
Guernsey Water is launching handbooks on health and safety and adding a ‘Health & Safety’ section to its website.
The handbooks, titled ‘Your Health and Safety’, have two versions – one for employees of the business and the other for contractors working with the business.
Employee's version (click booklet cover to download to your computer)
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