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Crossing the river
01 March 2009Meg Brown outlines the thinking behind Citi's recent move from a standalone SRI research effort to a more integrated approach
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An environmental sub-prime crisis?
01 March 2009The banking sector is beginning to come to terms with its sub-prime exposures, but do environmental risks pose as great a threat? Greg Larkin warns of an impending flood of defaults – and risks going unmanaged
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Navigating the credit crunch
01 March 2009Funding for renewable energy businesses is still available – with the right approach. James Knight explains how best to appeal to investors
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Profiting from pond-life
01 March 2009Many investors believe that algae could supply valuable energy, but profits may take years to arrive, says Vic Wyman
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Whither voluntarism?
01 March 2009Voluntary commitments by industry to address climate change have done little so far to cut emissions – but they may have a role to play in the future, says Rory Sullivan
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Under greater scrutiny
01 March 2009As climate change regulation rises up the US political agenda, public companies will face new disclosure obligations. Amy Freed and Jennie Ingram consider the issues
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Public and private
01 March 2009Whether as a policy-maker or an investment manager, Kathleen McGinty has spent her career trying to find the economic opportunity in environmental challenges, she tells Christopher Cundy
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Co-op Bank rejects £1BN on ethical grounds
01 March 2009The Co-operative Bank has turned down more than £1 billion ($1.5 billion) of "unethical" business since 1992, it announced last month.
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Private equity industry steps up on responsible investing
01 March 2009Institutional investors have welcomed an initiative by leading private equity firms that will see them adopt investment guidelines modelled on the UN's Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). The move coincides with the results of a pilot project to improve the environmental performance of leading private equity firm Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts (KKR) portfolio of companies.
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$250m PE fund targets undervalued assets
01 March 2009Unigestion is to launch an environmental private equity fund-of-funds that aims to take advantage of "the significant fall in the price of sustainability assets to levels not seen since 2004".