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  • Germany, Italy 'good prospects' for SRI growth – Dexia

    27 July 2012

    Germany and Italy could be the next hotspots for growth in socially responsible investment (SRI) in Europe, according to a leading asset manager.

  • FTSE plans 'resource efficiency supercycle' product push

    26 July 2012

    Index provider FTSE is developing a series of products to help investors understand and profit from the "resource efficiency supercycle", according to the new head of its ESG Service Unit.

  • ROC rebanding to shift coal giant to biomass

    25 July 2012

    Changes to UK support for renewable energy announced today mean that Drax, the UK's largest coal-fired power station, could switch to using mostly biomass within five years.

  • Allianz sets up ESG Board

    19 July 2012

    German insurance giant Allianz has set up a board to advise on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues across the organisation, in what it says is a first of its kind.

  • I2BF launches second nanotech fund

    18 July 2012

    I2BF is looking to raise $150 million into its second nanotechnology fund, which is aimed at making later-stage investments into nanotechnology firms targeting the resources, water and agricultural sectors in Russia.

  • Forest Capital sells US timberland portfolio

    17 July 2012

    Forest Capital Partners, a timberland investment management organisation (TIMO) based in Portland, Oregon, has sold its 1.88 million acre portfolio to Hancock Timber Resource Group and Molpus Woodlands Group.

  • Bioenergy projects dominate EU innovation funding

    13 July 2012

    Among the five contenders in the lead to receive EU funding for innovative low-carbon energy projects, four are in the bioenergy sector.

  • Failure to address fracking impacts would stifle industry's growth – BG

    13 July 2012

    The direct environmental impacts of fracking are relatively cheap to address – but a failure to do so would "severely limit" the industry's growth, even in the US, according to the chairman of BG Group.

  • Sustainable investment produces 15% outperformance – study

    12 July 2012

    Putting money into sustainable companies between 2005 and 2011 would have yielded a return on investment 15% higher than investing in a benchmark index, according to a study by Oekom Research.

  • Solar PV fund reaches $282m close

    12 July 2012

    Swiss asset manager Capital Dynamics has raised $282 million into its US solar energy project fund.