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Landmark Moroccan solar project nears financial close
01 October 2012Financing for an estimated €750 million ($967 million) solar project in Morocco is within weeks of being finalised, with most funding likely coming from international development banks.
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Time to scale up action on biodiversity
28 September 2012The World Business Council's Peter Bakker makes the case for business action on biodiversity protection
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Chinese environmental projects get $600m of ADB finance
28 September 2012Four environmental projects in China have received a total of $600 million in lending from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), including two that are considering selling carbon credits.
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Macquarie, Barclays close second offshore wind licence
27 September 2012Infrastructure investors Macquarie Capital and Barclays were behind a £110 million ($178 million) winning bid to buy the rights to operate the transmission line for the UK's 184MW Walney 2 offshore wind farm.
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Solar tax credits likely to survive next Congress, say experts
27 September 2012The solar investment tax credit (ITC) is likely safe from repeal and could even be revamped to allow for a longer phase-out, according to some renewable energy experts.
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A flexible approach to finance
27 September 2012Embedding sustainability considerations into business planning involves flexible thinking within the finance department, says Diageo CFO Dierdre Mahlan
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Risk management at a premium for Arctic gold rush – Verdantix
27 September 2012Global warming and supportive government policies will drive a natural-resources "investment boom" in the Arctic, according to sustainability consultancy Verdantix – but it warns that an environmental disaster in the region would "crush a corporation".
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UK Green Investment Bank CEO named
27 September 2012Private equity financier Shaun Kingsbury has been named as the chief executive officer of the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB).
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Climate investor groups slammed for lack of cooperation
26 September 2012The organiser of an initiative to get asset owners to disclose climate risks has blasted three investor groups that have declined to collaborate with it.
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Mounting weather impacts prompt Swiss Re call for climate debate
26 September 2012Swiss Re is calling for a 'rational debate' in the US on tackling climate change, as worsening storms, floods and droughts will cost the economy dearly.