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Taking notes: impact investing for the environment
25 October 2012The Nature Conservancy is breaking new ground with its Conservation Note – offering fixed income investors a way to support conservation while making a return. Charlotte Kaiser explains
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Climate change poses litigation risk for pension fund trustees – law firm
25 October 2012It is only a matter of time before a pension fund trustee faces litigation for failing to address climate change risks, according to a new report.
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BrightSource raises $80m, Alstom ups holding
25 October 2012Solar thermal company BrightSource Energy has raised more than $80 million in equity financing in an investment round led by Alstom and VantagePoint Capital Partners.
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IKEA to invest €1.5bn in renewables by 2020
24 October 2012IKEA will more than double its investments in renewables and is targeting "energy independence" by the end of the decade, according to its new sustainability strategy.
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BoAML launches 'fighting drought'-themed tradable stock screen
24 October 2012Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) has created a list of stocks and a tradable stock screen comprising firms it considers to profit from fighting drought and promoting food, water and energy security.
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CDP water survey to rank firms
23 October 2012A closely watched survey of how some of the biggest global companies are responding to the challenges threatening their water supply is set to rank respondents in terms of their performance, it was revealed today.
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Shining a spotlight on sovereign environmental risk
23 October 2012The bond markets are not taking proper account of natural resource and environmental risks in the pricing of sovereign debt – despite significant potential exposures. Margot Hill, Ivo Mulder and Martin Halle explain a new framework to help them do so
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Investors worth $2trn press Canadian oil sands developers on ESG
23 October 2012Canadian oil sands developers must dramatically reduce the environmental and social impact of their operations, according to investors.
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Green Climate Fund moves on private sector
23 October 2012The board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has kicked off discussions about how to involve the private sector in its workings.
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Hyderabad biodiversity summit 'missed opportunity'
23 October 2012The UN biodiversity summit in Hyderabad successfully thrashed out a last-gasp deal to boost funding for poorer countries, but has "missed an opportunity" to incentivise businesses, leading NGOs have claimed.