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IRENA plans impact study of large-scale use of renewables
12 March 2013The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is seeking consultants to undertake a study of the potential negative environmental impacts arising from large-scale deployment of renewable energy technologies.
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EDITORIAL: Clean-tech reinvented
12 March 2013Pity the poor environmental investor. The benchmark global clean energy index stands at barely one quarter of its 2007 peak. Europe's carbon market is in the doldrums.
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People moves this month
12 March 2013Comings and goings in Environmental Finance this month
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PEP talk
12 March 2013Bruce Usher, chairman of E+Co's successor, Persistent Energy Partners, talks carbon, clean energy and investment with Katie Kouchakji
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Investors' role in climate action seen increasing – HSBC
11 March 2013Climate change "will start to climb back up the business and political agenda this year", and the capital markets will play a critical role in preventing global warming exceeding 2C, HSBC analysts say.
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Mitsubishi among victims of FTSE4Good review
11 March 2013Mitsubishi Corporation is among four companies dropped from the FTSE4Good index family, while 20 new firms have been added to the environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused indexes.
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Forest risk rises
11 March 2013The number of companies reporting to the Forest Footprint Disclosure project has broken through the 100 barrier. But with sectors such as oil and gas largely shunning the initiative, what can be done to raise awareness around forest-risk commodities? Peter Cripps reports
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Hobley named as CMIA president
08 March 2013Anthony Hobley of law firm Norton Rose has been elected as president of the Climate Markets and Investment Association (CMIA).
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Most US insurers lack climate change strategy - Ceres
08 March 2013The vast majority of US insurers have failed to demonstrate that they have devised climate change strategies, a survey has revealed.
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Bigger-than-expected SolarCity loss fails to worry analyst
08 March 2013Investors should not be deterred by SolarCity's unexpectedly big quarterly loss, because the company is in a strong position compared with its competitors and is reducing its cost of capital, an analyst has said.