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Hedegaard in national climate measures warning after backloading failure
24 April 2013EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard warned yesterday that a patchwork of regulatory regimes could spring up if politicians fail agree on a plan to rescue the bloc's beleaguered emissions trading system (ETS).
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Co-op's head of sustainability steps down
24 April 2013Paul Monaghan, head of social goals and sustainability at The Co-operative Group, is leaving the UK-based banking-to-supermarkets mutual conglomerate after 17 years.
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EIB issues its first climate bond of 2013
24 April 2013The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its first green bond of 2013, in a move that saw it raise SEK500 million ($75.9 million).
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BoAML picks energy efficiency stocks
23 April 2013"The world is facing a global energy crisis," warn equity analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in a research note identifying stocks that stand to benefit from increased spending on energy efficiency.
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Sustainability saves Unilever €300m
23 April 2013Unilever's sustainability drive has helped it shave more than €300 million ($390 million) from its costs since 2008, the company said.
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Carbon trader launches environmental services arm
23 April 2013One of the carbon market's leading investors has launched a new business, aimed at companies that wish to measure and report their emissions, water and energy use.
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Clean energy investment seen trebling by 2030
23 April 2013Annual investment in clean energy is set to treble to $630 billion by 2030, under the most likely scenario set out in the latest Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) modelling.
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Second time lucky for MLP renewables bill?
23 April 2013A bipartisan group of US senators will reintroduce a bill to allow renewable energy to be financed using master limited partnerships (MLPs).
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ABB in $1bn swoop on solar inverter maker
22 April 2013Swiss engineering company ABB has launched a $1 billion bid to buy solar inverter maker Power-One, saying now is the right time to invest in the "most attractive part of the solar power value chain".
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IFC to issue $1bn/year in green bonds
22 April 2013The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is to issue at least $1 billion a year in green bonds, following its successful $1 billion issue earlier this year.