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Waste collection and recycling market worth €300bn – report
17 March 2010The world market for waste, from collection to recycling, is worth about €300 billion ($410 billion) a year, according to a report commissioned by environmental services firm Veolia.
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Threadneedle targets £350m for low-carbon property fund
17 March 2010UK investment management firm Threadneedle has launched a fund that will invest in low-carbon commercial property in the UK, aiming to raise £350 million ($534 million) from institutional investors within three years.
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Clean energy grows, but solar revenues dip
17 March 2010Combined global revenues for wind power, biofuels and solar photovoltaics (PV) grew 11.4% last year, to reach $139.1 billion, according to Clean Edge's annual report on clean energy trends.
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Investor groups call for more transparency from oil & gas sector
17 March 2010Oil and gas companies need to provide investors with better information on how they are managing climate change risks, according to three leading institutional investor groups.
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European investors see IPO markets opening
11 March 2010Most European investors expect to see an increasing number of clean technology companies floated over the next 18 months, according to a survey by investor communications firm Carbon International.
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Pension funds to study climate impacts on assets
11 March 2010Concerned that climate change will impact their long-term returns, 14 institutional investors and consultancy Mercer are to research how different climate scenarios could affect their assets.
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MSCI to acquire RiskMetrics
04 March 2010RiskMetrics, the New York-based risk advisory company which has been on a buying spree of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment research firms, is itself to be taken over.
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Private equity investors urged to step up on climate change
04 March 2010Private equity investors are the target of a guide on the risks and opportunities posed by climate change, issued this week by the London-based Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).
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US biofuels industry applauds RFS rule
01 March 2010The embattled ethanol industry got a major boost from the US government in February with the publication of the final Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) rule, which clarifies biofuels targets, and which is expected to encourage investment in the sector.
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WestLB unveils lending policy on coal-fired power plants
01 March 2010WestLB, one of the largest lenders to the energy sector, has published what is understood to be a first-of-its-kind environmental policy for private sector lending to coal-fired power plants – requiring that they be ready to fit carbon capture and storage equipment and meet high efficiency standards.