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  • On the road to 2015

    25 January 2013

    The climate talks in Doha may have been dismissed as a 'housekeeping' meeting, but observers argue that they have put the international climate process on course for a crucial deal in 2015. Katie Kouchakji reports

  • Some 20 US states mulling green banks – Kauffman

    25 January 2013

    The Department of Energy (DOE) is working with close to 20 US states to create state financing entities to fund clean energy initiatives, often called 'green banks'.

  • The climate investment imperative

    24 January 2013

    As the world's business leaders meet in Davos, the World Economic Forum is leading calls for a renewed wave of green investment. Thomas Kerr explains

  • Impax's first food and agriculture fund makes strong start

    24 January 2013

    Impax Asset Management's first ever food and agricultural fund has outperformed the market since its launch at the start of December, it has revealed.

  • BlackRock renewables fund breaks cover with REG deal

    24 January 2013

    BlackRock's long-awaited renewable energy project fund has made what is understood to be its first investment, buying two UK wind farms from Renewable Energy Generation (REG).

  • KKR buys stake in Nephila Capital

    24 January 2013

    Private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has bought a 24.9% stake in reinsurance industry investment specialist Nephila Capital for an undisclosed sum.

  • Water disclosure to grow faster than carbon reporting – HSBC

    24 January 2013

    The reporting of water management by companies is set to grow faster than carbon disclosure, according to analysts at HSBC, who warn that China and India are most at risk as the resource comes under increasing pressure.

  • Investors will increasingly abandon fossil fuel companies – MSCI

    24 January 2013

    An increasing number of investors will divest fossil fuel holdings this year, amid growing awareness of climate change risks, a leading analysis firm has claimed.

  • Statoil, Umicore ranked world's most sustainable companies

    24 January 2013

    Umicore, Natura Cosmeticos and Statoil have been ranked the world's three most sustainable companies by research firm Corporate Knights.

  • Obama's climate pledge

    23 January 2013

    US President Barack Obama's powerful statement about climate change and sustainable energy signals that he will continue to support the renewable energy sector, although the specific policies he will pursue remain unclear, experts say. Gloria Gonzalez reports