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IBM earns energy efficiency certificates from server upgrade
11 March 2010Technology giant IBM has become the first company to register energy efficiency certificates (EECs) on an APX registry, following improvements to a data centre in Canada.
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March issue of Carbon Finance out now
11 March 2010The March issue of Carbon Finance is now available, including a look at where next for international climate change negotiations following a disappointing meeting in Copenhagen in December and the resignation of UN climate chief Yvo de Boer.
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Senators demand US suspends renewables grant programme
04 March 2010US senators have asked the Obama administration to suspend a successful grant programme for renewable energy projects because the vast majority of its funds are going to foreign companies.
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MSCI to acquire RiskMetrics
04 March 2010RiskMetrics, the New York-based risk advisory company which has been on a buying spree of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment research firms, is itself to be taken over.
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Shareholders target climate laggards in proxy season
04 March 2010Activist shareholders are turning up the heat on US and Canadian companies to disclose climate change-related risks and opportunities, an effort that is expected to intensify further with new disclosure guidance from US regulators.
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EU greening funds insufficient and unspent, NGOs warn
04 March 2010Most EU funding for renewables and energy efficiency in central and eastern Europe has not yet been spent, a report by Friends of the Earth Europe and Bankwatch has revealed.
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Bankers call on EU to back green standards and investment
04 March 2010The EU should lead a global effort to develop green banking standards, said Blaise Desbordes, director of sustainable development at Caisse de Dépôts, a French public investment bank, at a conference in Brussels this week.
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Private equity investors urged to step up on climate change
04 March 2010Private equity investors are the target of a guide on the risks and opportunities posed by climate change, issued this week by the London-based Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).
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S&P survey reveals credit risks from carbon ignored
04 March 2010Less than half of major European companies are fully integrating carbon exposures into corporate financial decisions, according to a survey by ratings agency Standard & Poors (S&P), despite the imminent impact of a more stringent phase of Europe's emissions trading scheme.
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Deloitte boosts carbon practice with dcarbon8 buy
04 March 2010Professional services firm Deloitte has acquired specialist consultancy dcarbon8 for an undisclosed sum.