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Business fears over energy and resource costs hit three-year high – PwC
10 December 2012The number of business leaders worried that energy and resource costs pose a threat to growth has hit a three-year high, PwC has suggested.
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Risk management increasingly important for investors' ESG efforts – report
06 December 2012An increasing share of European asset owners say the management of long-term risk is their main motivation for incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria when they invest, according to a survey.
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New water trading fund up and running
04 December 2012A pioneering new fund focusing exclusively on Australia's traded water market is already allocating capital and has seen strong interest from overseas investors, according to its fund manager.
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Sustainable banks outperform the world's biggest lenders
04 December 2012Sustainable banks have generated greater returns and lent a greater proportion of their capital to businesses than the world's biggest banks over the past decade, according to a report.
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Biggest photovoltaic project in Africa seeks finance
04 December 2012A UK renewables developer has unveiled plans to build Africa's biggest photovoltaic (PV) solar project in a move it believes has the potential to trigger a clean energy revolution in the region.
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Industrial water market to grow by $80bn by 2017
29 November 2012The $35 billion a year global industrial water market is set to grow by a further $80 billion over the next five years, according to HSBC.
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Wheb achieves first major exit
29 November 2012Wheb Partners, a clean-tech focused private equity firm, has made its first major exit.
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Impax earnings fall, but new food and agriculture fund will launch next month
29 November 2012Impax Asset Management suffered a 26% fall in operating earnings but said it is poised to benefit from an increase in renewables and the launch of its first fund to invest in food and agriculture.
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UKSIF begins search for new Shepherd
28 November 2012The chief executive of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) is to step down next year, after a total of 12 years at the head of the trade body.
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China Development Bank lends 30bn Yuan for wind projects
27 November 2012The China Development Bank (CDB) is to extend 30 billion Yuan ($4.8 billion) of finance to China Guangdong Nuclear (CGN) to fund its wind energy activities domestically and abroad.