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BoA, UBS in, but HSBC out of sustainability index
12 September 2013Bank of America, UBS and United Parcel Service are the largest of 39 companies admitted to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), following an annual review of constituents carried out by sustainable investment specialist RobecoSAM.
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First project under South Africa's renewables drive goes live
12 September 2013The first project commissioned under South Africa's ambitious renewables drive has been connected to the electricity grid.
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Financial rewards drive emissions reductions, says CDP
12 September 2013Financial incentives for employees, particularly at board level, are powerful drivers of corporate action on climate change, according to a major new survey.
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Institutional investors snap up EBRD green bond
11 September 2013The latest 'environmental sustainability' bond from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has been bought by 14 institutional investors.
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NY Green Bank asks for $165m initial capital to start investing early 2014
11 September 2013New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has asked for $165 million to be granted to the state's Green Bank, in a first move to capitalise the $1 billion bank he expects to open for business early next year.
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Who should finance CCS?
10 September 2013The NER300 mechanism within the EU Emissions Trading System has failed in its goal of financing carbon capture and storage. It would be better to put the obligation on fossil fuel suppliers rather than the power generators, says Ian Temperton
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Canadian investor lends C$75m to provider of energy efficient heating and cooling
10 September 2013A Canadian financial services company has made a second senior loan to a provider of energy efficient heating and cooling products, boosting the total amount loaned to C$160 million (US$155 million).
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EBRD planning $250m green bond
10 September 2013The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is planning to issue a $250 million 'environmental sustainability' bond.
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Uncertainty Down Under
09 September 2013Investors and developers active in Australia's low-carbon sectors are facing months of uncertainty about how the new Coalition government's climate policy overhaul will affect them. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports
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UK GIB eyes first offshore wind construction investment
09 September 2013The UK's pioneering Green Investment Bank is preparing to expand its remit with its first investment in offshore wind construction, it has revealed.