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Leading entrepreneurs form sustainable business partnership
13 June 2013A group of leading entrepreneurs has launched a not-for-profit initiative to campaign for sustainable business models.
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Solar standardisation platform raises $2m
13 June 2013A company that assesses the credit-worthiness of non-utility scale solar projects has raised $2 million to help it scale up to meet growing demand from investors.
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First Solar aims to raise $500m in share sale
12 June 2013First Solar plans to sell at least 8.5 million shares to the public, in an offer that could see it raise around $500 million.
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Cheuvreux retains sustainability title in Extel survey
12 June 2013Kepler Cheuvreux has been voted best pan-European brokerage firm for sustainability research in the annual Thomson Reuters Extel survey.
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Wells Fargo's 'green financing' surges in 2012
12 June 2013US bank Wells Fargo more than doubled its environmental loans and investments last year, and claims to be on track to meet its goal of providing $30 billion of "green" finance between 2012 and 2020.
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New renewables firm plans €150m fund
12 June 2013A new solar asset management business has unveiled plans to raise €150 million ($199.1 million) for its inaugural fund.
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US investors join business call for action on climate change
12 June 2013US pension funds and investment firms have signed a declaration calling for US politicians to "seize the economic opportunity" of addressing climate change.
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Climate fund reaches €60m first close
11 June 2013A fund seeking to raise €200 million to support sustainable land-use and ecosystem services has reached a first close, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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Insurer launches weather risk desk
11 June 2013Bermuda-based insurance firm Axis Capital Holdings has hired two veterans of the weather risk markets to launch its weather and commodity markets desk.
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Italy urges companies to report through CDP
11 June 2013The Italian government is to "formally request" that 100 of the country's largest companies and its major cities disclose their environmental data to investors through the CDP.