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  • Forest Capital sells US timberland portfolio

    17 July 2012

    Forest Capital Partners, a timberland investment management organisation (TIMO) based in Portland, Oregon, has sold its 1.88 million acre portfolio to Hancock Timber Resource Group and Molpus Woodlands Group.

  • All change

    17 July 2012

    Climate Change Capital's acquisition by agricultural trader Bunge reflects the changing dynamics in the carbon markets – and the environmental asset management opportunity. Mark Nicholls talks to new CEO Alfred Evans

  • Renewables loan guarantees under threat

    13 July 2012

    The renewable energy sector could lose another financing mechanism if Congress adopts a proposal that would significantly limit the US Department of Energy's (DOE) ability to guarantee loans for promising technologies and projects.

  • Bioenergy projects dominate EU innovation funding

    13 July 2012

    Among the five contenders in the lead to receive EU funding for innovative low-carbon energy projects, four are in the bioenergy sector.

  • Environmental risk 'intrinsic' to real estate

    13 July 2012

    Property owners have environmental exposures that they may not even be aware of, and such risks should be mitigated through environmental insurance, experts said.

  • Sustainability doesn't come for free – Puma chairman

    13 July 2012

    It's a myth that reducing the environmental impacts of most companies can be done without incurring costs and making investments, according to the chairman of sportswear firm Puma.

  • UK comes top for energy efficiency

    13 July 2012

    The UK has been ranked first of 12 major economies in terms of energy efficiency, according to a report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

  • Failure to address fracking impacts would stifle industry's growth – BG

    13 July 2012

    The direct environmental impacts of fracking are relatively cheap to address – but a failure to do so would "severely limit" the industry's growth, even in the US, according to the chairman of BG Group.

  • EU's energy efficiency policy lacking, say investors

    12 July 2012

    Financing energy efficiency improvements in Europe's building stock will be difficult under the current EU regulatory framework, according to a group of institutional investors.

  • Incentives, not morality, needed to drive sustainable investment

    12 July 2012

    Better economic incentives, rather than ethical considerations, are needed to encourage investment in a more sustainable economy, according to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.