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Clean energy investment slumps to four-year low in Q1 – BNEF
15 April 2013Investments in clean energy tanked to a four-year low in the first quarter of this year, driven by sharp falls in technology costs and setbacks in key markets such as the US and China, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).
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BioAmber aims to raise $128m in IPO
12 April 2013Biochemicals company BioAmber has set the price range for its planned public listing, amid an upswing of initial public offering (IPO) activity in the clean-tech market.
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BofAML tips stocks set to turn trash into $2trn
09 April 2013Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) has identified companies that are well-placed to gain from the growth of the waste management sector – an industry it estimates will double in value by 2020.
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UBS increases SRI investments, tightens CO2 target
09 April 2013Swiss banking giant UBS had SFr 253.73 billion ($271.49 billion) – 11.38% of its total assets under management – invested according to 'socially responsible' principles, as of 31 December 2012.
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Investors, Nasdaq propose sustainability listing standard
08 April 2013Nasdaq OMX and a group of investors have joined forces in proposing sustainability disclosure standards for stock exchanges.
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Clean-tech VC drops 29% in first quarter
08 April 2013Venture capital (VC) investment in clean technology slumped in the first quarter of 2013 despite a higher number of deals than the previous quarter, as investors continue to favour capital-light transactions, according to the Cleantech Group.
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Animal welfare raises ESG issues
02 April 2013Rory Sullivan and Nicky Amos consider the lessons that a recent benchmarking of farm animal welfare standards can teach responsible investors
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Investors, PE firms back new ESG disclosure framework
28 March 2013More than 40 leading investors have backed a new framework for the disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) information by private equity funds, in an effort to bring the two sides of the industry together on the issue.
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F&C to launch report into water risk to power sector
28 March 2013Asset manager F&C Investments is to release its first ever report into water risk in the utilities sector, it has revealed.
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UK government mulling markets for water abstraction
22 March 2013The UK government is to consult later this year on options for reform of the water abstraction regime, including the possibility of introducing water markets.