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'Healthy outlook' for ILS markets as investment surges – Aon Benfield
06 September 2012Growth in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market looks set to continue following a "stellar year" of performance, according to Aon Benfield Securities.
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Obama and Romney divided on clean energy policy
06 September 2012US Democrats reiterated their commitment to clean energy, drawing a stark contrast to a Republican platform geared more toward fossil fuels.
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Climate change tops investors' ESG agenda – UN PRI
06 September 2012Institutional investors managing $2 trillion in assets have identified climate change, supply chain labour standards and executive remuneration as the most important environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, according to a UN survey.
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EU to probe Chinese solar imports
06 September 2012The European Commission is to investigate the dumping of Chinese solar panels in Europe, in what it describes as its most significant anti-dumping complaint to date.
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DC court overreached in CSAPR ruling – law professor
06 September 2012The DC Circuit Court acted aggressively in overruling the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) latest effort to control power plant emissions, going beyond the usual level of judicial oversight of federal agencies, according to one legal expert.
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Flurry of UK climate policies a barrier to investors – experts
06 September 2012The UK needs to simplify and streamline its climate and environmental policies in order to attract more green investment, members of the parliament (MPs), the industry and analysts have said.
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Scrubbed out
05 September 2012Trading in the US emissions markets is unlikely to recover after the DC Circuit Court dealt another dose of uncertainty. Gloria Gonzalez reports
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Emissions trading, grants and loans to boost US energy efficiency
04 September 2012US government agencies should incentivise industrial energy efficiency through emissions trading, grants and loans, according to a presidential decree.
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The sustainable agriculture investment opportunity
04 September 2012Demographics and economics are driving the transformation of the global agribusiness sector – offering investors a sustainable investment opportunity. Gabriela Grab Hartmann and Jürgen Siemer explain
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Solar fund targets UK pension investors
03 September 2012Goldfield Partners has launched a solar energy fund aimed at pension funds and self-invested personal pension (SIPP) investors, with a £50 million ($80 million) target.