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• Energy efficiency insurance product launched

  22 May 2013

  The first energy efficiency warranty insurance product aimed at German businesses has been launched.

• New GRI guidelines 'major step forward', say investors, businesses

  22 May 2013

  Businesses and investors have welcomed the updated Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework as a major step forward in the evolution of sustainability reporting.

• Sustainability reporting 'more than worth its costs'

  21 May 2013

  More than half of companies that report on sustainability issues say it gives them a competitive advantage, a survey has revealed.

• Tesla wins over investors in $1bn fundraising

  21 May 2013

  Electric car maker Tesla Motors has raised more than $1 billion, of which $600 million came from convertible bonds.

• Goldman Sachs to finance $2.9bn of Japanese renewables

  20 May 2013

  Goldman Sachs plans to inject ¥300 billion ($2.9 billion) into renewable energy projects in Japan in the next five years.

• Alliance Trust reveals full SRI equity holdings

  20 May 2013

  Asset manager Alliance Trust has, for the first time, disclosed the entire holdings of its sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) equity funds as part of a transparency drive.

• IFC, Masdar join forces on $1.5bn clean energy investments

  17 May 2013

  The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has signed an agreement which could see it invest $1.5 billion in clean energy projects developed by Abu Dhabi's Masdar.

• Is company reporting coming of age?

  17 May 2013

  Major changes in non-financial reporting have been launched this year. Dave Knight and Louise Ayling look at the implications for business and the key issues of materiality, value chain and governance

• Impax sees 22% rise in AUM

  17 May 2013

  Buoyant equity markets and a growing awareness of environmental themes among institutional investors drove a 22% rise in assets under management (AUM) at Impax.

• Beware governments bearing subsidies

  16 May 2013

  A slew of bankruptcies was triggered when the German government cut subsidies to its solar sector. Annerose Tashiro reflects on the lessons that the industry must learn