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Animal welfare raises ESG issues
02 April 2013Rory Sullivan and Nicky Amos consider the lessons that a recent benchmarking of farm animal welfare standards can teach responsible investors
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New York's green banker
02 April 2013Richard Kauffman has come to New York State to build a $1 billion green bank, transform its energy system, and create a bunch of green jobs. In his first interview as New York's energy tsar, he talks to Mark Nicholls
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China's ICBC commits $2bn to South African renewables projects
02 April 2013Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has agreed to provide ZAR20 billion ($2.17 billion) of debt for South African renewable energy projects, helping to address a looming liquidity squeeze.
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The green bond market comes of age
02 April 2013The first $1 billion environmental bond has opened the market up to a new class of investor – but the search for yield goes on. Mark Nicholls reports
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$1.9trn energy subsidies hurting clean-tech investment - IMF
28 March 2013Governments around the world are spending $1.9 trillion a year in fuel subsidies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has calculated, a policy it blamed for driving up energy consumption and hurting clean energy investments.
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Investors, PE firms back new ESG disclosure framework
28 March 2013More than 40 leading investors have backed a new framework for the disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) information by private equity funds, in an effort to bring the two sides of the industry together on the issue.
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HSBC identifies firms set to gain from rising climate ambitions
28 March 2013HSBC's climate change team has identified companies that it believes will benefit from an expected uptick in efforts to address the issue.
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F&C to launch report into water risk to power sector
28 March 2013Asset manager F&C Investments is to release its first ever report into water risk in the utilities sector, it has revealed.
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Suzlon issues $647 million wind bond
27 March 2013Indian wind turbine maker Suzlon has issued a $647 million bond backed by the State Bank of India (SBI), giving it "much needed head-room" to refinance its foreign currency debt.
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Companies falling short in sustainability actions – Oekom
27 March 2013Only one in six large, publicly-listed companies demonstrates "a good level of commitment to sustainable development", according to specialist rating agency Oekom Research.