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Investing for sustainable development
28 July 2011From the UN PRI to the Equator Principles, the standards meant to make investment decisions more sustainable are too weak to work, argues the IIED's Emma Blackmore
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Offshore project finance to reach €3bn in 2011
28 July 2011Banks will lend €3 billion ($4.3 billion) in offshore wind projects in Europe in 2011, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has predicted, although no debt financings closed in the first half of 2011.
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Making an impact
27 July 2011With growing amounts of private capital being directed towards sustainable development, great claims are being made for impact investing. But definitions are unclear and many institutional investors remain unwilling to engage. Graham Cooper reports
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California distribution generation target: 'daunting' and 'ambitious', say analysts
27 July 2011California faces a "daunting task" to reach Governor Jerry Brown's target of installing 12GW of distributed renewable energy generation by 2020, a leading investment analyst has said.
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Raters under review
26 July 2011The Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings aims to do for ratings what the Global Reporting Initiative did for sustainability – and forge consensus from cacophony. Mark Nicholls reports
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Hudson to raise China clean energy fund
26 July 2011Hudson Clean Energy Partners is to raise a Renminbi-denominated fund to invest in China's clean energy markets.
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Tax credits for the first 3GW of US offshore wind?
26 July 2011A US Senate bill may provide critical tax incentives for offshore wind farms.
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WWF forestry standard too weak – Global Witness
26 July 2011Standards set by WWF's Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN) are too lax and the programme lacks transparency, claims a searing report by the NGO Global Witness.
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Environmental Finance Awards 2011: Saluting the leaders
26 July 2011Compared to the previous two years, we had a much healthier roster of transactions to assess for this year's awards issue – with the IPO market especially much more active than in the recent past.
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Putting principles into practice
26 July 2011ING's Leonie Schreve explains how the Equator Principles are spreading throughout the Dutch bank