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  • Landmark Moroccan solar project nears financial close

    01 October 2012

    Financing 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.

  • Time to scale up action on biodiversity

    28 September 2012

    The World Business Council's Peter Bakker makes the case for business action on biodiversity protection

  • Chinese environmental projects get $600m of ADB finance

    28 September 2012

    Four 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.

  • Macquarie, Barclays close second offshore wind licence

    27 September 2012

    Infrastructure 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.

  • Solar tax credits likely to survive next Congress, say experts

    27 September 2012

    The 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.

  • A flexible approach to finance

    27 September 2012

    Embedding sustainability considerations into business planning involves flexible thinking within the finance department, says Diageo CFO Dierdre Mahlan

  • Risk management at a premium for Arctic gold rush – Verdantix

    27 September 2012

    Global 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".

  • UK Green Investment Bank CEO named

    27 September 2012

    Private equity financier Shaun Kingsbury has been named as the chief executive officer of the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB).

  • Climate investor groups slammed for lack of cooperation

    26 September 2012

    The organiser of an initiative to get asset owners to disclose climate risks has blasted three investor groups that have declined to collaborate with it.

  • Mounting weather impacts prompt Swiss Re call for climate debate

    26 September 2012

    Swiss 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.