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  • 10 steps to sustainable investment

    26 June 2013

    Institutional investors must address sustainability risks, such as climate change, resource scarcity and water shortages, within their investment decisions, if they are to be successful in the future, an investor-backed lobby group claimed.

  • Investors welcome Obama climate plan

    26 June 2013

    Investors are "encouraged" by US President Barack Obama's plan to curb climate change, but warn that the threat of legal challenges could hold back capital deployment.

  • Pension fund plans onshore wind push after first acquisition

    26 June 2013

    A Danish pension fund's new onshore wind power joint venture is set to invest around DKK5 billion over the next five years, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Investor confidence rising in wind sector – bank

    25 June 2013

    Investor confidence in wind turbine manufacturers will continue to grow in the second half of 2013, a leading bank has forecast.

  • US investment manager offers carbon-neutral fund

    25 June 2013

    A US investment manager is to make one of its funds carbon-neutral by purchasing emission offset credits from projects that generate electricity from methane captured at landfill sites.

  • Third-party solar firm wins over major bank in fundraising

    25 June 2013

    A company that installs solar panels on homes in the US has won financing to fund the purchase of more than $630 million worth of projects.

  • UNEP FI names two new co-chairs

    25 June 2013

    Madeleine Ronquest, head of environmental and social risk management at FirstRand Group, and David Pitt-Watson, senior strategic advisor at Inflection Point Capital Management, have been appointed co-chairs of the UNEP Finance Initiative.

  • Have solar stocks finally turned a corner?

    25 June 2013

    Many solar stocks have enjoyed a stellar start to 2013, with some having tripled in value. Could a brighter future for the long-suffering sector finally be in sight, asks Peter Cripps

  • Sustainability a growing concern for investors – BoA

    24 June 2013

    Mainstream investors will increasingly rely on sustainability metrics to inform investment decisions, Bank of America has claimed.

  • MidAmerican increases bond issue to $1bn, reports say

    24 June 2013

    Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy has issued a $1 billion bond to finance a solar project in California, according to reports, substantially more than it had planned to raise.