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The banks breeze in
01 September 2007The dramatic growth in renewable energy generation is being increasingly financed by the capital markets. Jess McCabe reports on how investors and bankers are coming to love green energy
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US Congress poised for energy, climate breakthrough
01 July 2007Hopes are high that the US Congress could pass far-reaching energy and environmental legislation in the autumn, following changes of heart from key representatives, and plans for two comprehensive Senate bills tackling greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Leaf float raises £200m for North American renewables
01 July 2007EEA Fund Management and Shaw Capital have raised £200 million ($403 million) to invest in North American renewable energy projects through London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) market.
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US firms underestimating shareholder interest in CR
01 July 2007US corporations underestimate the importance placed on corporate responsibility (CR) by shareholders, according to a survey by Thomson Financial.
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Calvert powers into alt energy
01 July 2007Socially responsible fund manager Calvert has launched a Global Alternative Energy Fund that will invest directly in renewable energy companies (solar, wind geothermal, biofuel, hydrogen and biomass), related technologies and the energy efficiency sector.
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Wal-mart goes solar
01 July 2007Wal-Mart has signed deals with three solar firms to supply and finance photovoltaic solar cells, generating an estimated 20,000MWh/year, to be installed on 22 of its buildings in California and Hawaii.
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Finance sector in the dark on biodiversity risks
01 July 2007The financial sector has a long way to go to understand the rising risks posed by biodiversity loss, according to the author of a report on the subject for the IUCN-World Conservation Union. More work particularly needs to be done to make the link between loss of biodiversity and financial impacts, he said.
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Swiss Re bids to boost cat bond trading
01 July 2007Swiss Re has started indexing the performance of catastrophe (cat) bonds in a bid to increase the transparency and encourage secondary trading of the rapidly growing asset class.
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UK outlines energy efficiency trading scheme
01 July 2007The UK government has published a detailed plan for its proposed cap-and-trade scheme to encourage energy efficiency among big energy consumers.
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Paying up to cut emissions
01 July 2007Investment in funds that buy greenhouse gas emission credits is soaring. Christopher Cundy asks managers where the money is coming from – and where it's going