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Time to open up Equator Principles – BankTrack
25 October 2011A banking industry initiative on social and environmental risks in project finance should become more transparent and expand its scope, according to campaigners.
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Clean-tech association for Africa is launched
25 October 2011An association to represent the interests of the African clean-tech sector was launched on Monday in South Africa.
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Japan's 2020 emissions target under threat
25 October 2011Japan's pledge to cut its emissions to 25% below 1990 levels by 2020 could be revised if it is not legally adopted this year, warned observers, as hopes dim for passage of a climate bill enshrining the target, despite parliament resuming for an extraordinary session last week.
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Investment giant State Street to launch green bond funds
24 October 2011State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has launched a green bond "investment strategy" and is developing funds that will use the strategy.
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Eurosif to reconsider market survey methodology
24 October 2011The European Social Investment Forum (Eurosif) is to reconsider the methodology that underpins its benchmark survey of the size of the European responsible investment market.
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Is environmental private equity coming of age?
24 October 2011Magnus Goodlad considers, after 10 years of private equity investment in environmental technology, how far the sector has come
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Unpaving the way for green infrastructure
24 October 2011Philadelphia is experimenting with a novel approach to attract private finance to address stormwater run-off – which could form the basis of run-off credit programmes. Alisa Valderrama explains
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Looking for leverage
24 October 2011There is a chronic need for finance for low-carbon infrastructure and companies – yet a dearth of suitable investment products, Green Investment Bank adviser Dima Rifai tells Mark Nicholls
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California sets carbon trading rules, despite concerns
24 October 2011The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has adopted final regulations for the world's second largest cap-and-trade system, despite unresolved concerns over allowance allocations, buyer liability for offsets and the size of the overall market.
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EU smart grid preparations lag technology advances
20 October 2011The EU needs to do much more if it is to achieve sustainable electricity supplies managed by smart grids across the bloc's 27 member states, according to experts.