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  • 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.

  • EU solar industry group files second complaint on China

    26 September 2012

    An EU solar manufacturing group has filed a complaint with the European Commission alleging that China is unfairly subsidising its solar manufacturers.

  • Alstom acquires tidal turbine maker

    25 September 2012

    Power engineering giant Alstom has bought a UK firm specialising in tidal power turbines.

  • Soft commodities investors face 'quagmire' of environmental risks – WWF

    25 September 2012

    Investors face "a quagmire of material, reputational, and systemic risks" when investing in soft commodities, according to conservation group WWF, which has released a guide to investing in 10 major soft commodities sectors.

  • Impax makes North America push with NYC office

    24 September 2012

    Impax Asset Management has opened a New York office and appointed David Richardson in the newly-created role of head of institutional sales and client service for North America.

  • From hedges to forests

    24 September 2012

    Hedge fund supremo Stanley Fink talks to Mark Nicholls about investing to make an environmental impact as well as a financial return