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  • Clean-tech sector more optimistic than most, survey says

    29 July 2013

    Businesses in the clean-tech sector are more confident about seeing an increase in profits and investment over the next 12 months than those in other sectors, a survey has found.

  • WHEB Asset Management positive on outlook for LED stocks

    23 July 2013

    An asset manager has highlighted a number of stocks it believes are best placed to benefit from the projected rapid growth of energy efficient light emitting diodes.

  • Industrial giant doubles its Indian solar output

    22 July 2013

    One of India's biggest power generators is to build a 28.8MW solar plant, in a move that will double its photovoltaic capacity in the country.

  • Asset manager buys EIB's biggest SEK green bond of 2013

    19 July 2013

    The European Investment Bank has issued its biggest Swedish kronor-denominated green bond of 2013, with a Scandinavian asset manager the single buyer.

  • Global benchmark performs better without fossil fuel stocks, claims asset manager

    11 July 2013

    Eliminating the fossil fuel stocks from a global benchmark index and replacing them with environmentally friendly alternatives would have had a positive effect on return over the past seven years, an asset manager has claimed.

  • Will new regulations restrict low-carbon finance?

    04 July 2013

    New financial regulations are adding to the problems caused by adverse economic conditions and policy uncertainty, and are likely to hinder the flow of finance to low-carbon assets in the EU, say Thomas Spencer and Jamie Stevenson.

  • Swiss Re stops 23 transactions on ESG grounds

    19 June 2013

    Swiss Re's latest corporate responsibility report has revealed the firm barred 23 deals last year on the grounds that they did not meet its sustainability risk framework.

  • Asian investors 'eyeing African renewables' – report

    18 June 2013

    International investors are set to increasingly back renewables projects in Africa, with Asian investors leading the charge, a new report has claimed.

  • Stranded assets alert

    17 June 2013

    Nicholas Stern has warned that many oil and gas and mining companies may be overvalued, in a 'bubble' that would threaten the security of global financial markets. Peter Cripps and Katie Kouchakji report

  • Airlines up the pressure on governments over emissions

    04 June 2013

    A body representing the majority of global airlines has thrown its weight behind calls for a market-based mechanism to control the sector's emissions, boosting hopes that governments will also back such a move.