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Robins to leave HSBC to spearhead UNEP Inquiry
28 January 2014Nick Robins is to step down as head of HSBC's Climate Change Centre to help lead a United Nations Environment Programme inquiry into how to green the world's economy.
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Supply chain emissions: overcoming uncertainty
24 January 2014Regulatory uncertainty is deterring companies from investing in emissions reductions, the latest CDP supply chain analysis has found. But there are still enormous opportunities to be unlocked, says Dexter Galvin
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Setting the standard
23 January 2014As the Gold Standard celebrates its 10th anniversary, it is on the verge of expanding its reach beyond carbon projects and into water, says Katie Kouchakji
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European utilities urged to stress-test investments to avoid stranded assets
17 January 2014Utilities in the EU should stress-test existing and planned investments to avoid stranded asset risk, a report has urged after some €6 billion ($8 billion) of gas-fired power was shuttered in the region last year.
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Plans for £150m UK bioethanol plant are shelved
16 January 2014Plans to build a £150 million ($246.2 million) bioethanol plant in the UK are set to be shelved in favour of recommissioning a plant in the US, where legislation is more favourable to investment, Environmental Finance has learned.
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IIGCC joins Climate Bond Standards board
14 January 2014The Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has added its weight to an initiative to agree standards for the rapidly growing green bonds market.
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ACORE names new president
13 January 2014Michael R Brower had been appointed president and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE).
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Tidal power firm is latest to plan public listing
07 January 2014A tidal power project developer and turbine maker is the latest renewables company to eye a stock market flotation.
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UK Green Investment Bank in £250m waste-to-energy deal
24 December 2013The UK's Green Investment Bank has helped finance a £250 million waste-to-energy plant.
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Looking back at 2013
18 December 2013Stranded assets, retroactive subsidy cuts and backloading were among the themes that dominated the markets in 2013. Peter Cripps looks back on some of the highs and lows of the past 12 months.