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  • UK GIB-backed fund in £11m biomass deal

    30 September 2013

    A fund backed by the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) has "secured the long-term future" of a waste wood-burning biomass plant with an £11 million investment.

  • Sarasin hires sustainable investment research head after staff exodus to rival

    27 September 2013

    Swiss bank J. Safra Sarasin has made new appointments to its sustainable investment team after losing more than 40 of its employees to a rival.

  • Vestas and Mitsubishi form offshore wind joint venture

    27 September 2013

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will inject up to €300 million ($406 million) into a joint venture with wind turbine manufacturer Vestas, which aims to establish a strong position in the offshore market.

  • US asset manager to buy four more Conergy subsidiaries

    26 September 2013

    Kawa Capital Management will buy a further four units in German solar pioneer Conergy, which has called in administrators, it announced today.

  • Counting the cost

    26 September 2013

    Accurately reporting sustainability metrics can seem overwhelming to companies. But with the data becoming increasingly important to investors, it's a challenge that firms must get to grips with, argues Chet Chaffee

  • JP Morgan, BoAML, Goldman Sachs 'most active' green bond underwriters

    26 September 2013

    JP Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) and Goldman Sachs are the most active underwriters of environmental bonds, a new league table has revealed.

  • Banker calls for sustainability reporting metrics to be standardised by law

    26 September 2013

    The sustainability metrics reported by companies should be standardised and defined by law to help the environmental, social and governance investment sector expand beyond its current niche, a conference heard.

  • Most impact investors target market returns, says WEF

    25 September 2013

    Four out of five 'impact' investors target market rates of return, yet only 9% of US pension fund managers feel it is "a viable investment approach", says a report from the World Economic Forum.

  • Bakhshi is new head of F&C's sustainability team

    25 September 2013

    F&C Investments has promoted Vicki Bakhshi to lead its governance and sustainable investment team.

  • Camco project generates some of California's first carbon offsets

    25 September 2013

    A carbon project developed by Camco Clean Energy will shortly be issued with some of the first offsets eligible in California's cap-and-trade system.